Table 3.
Variation of blame, anger, perceived seriousness, and social distance according to contact with mental illness (mean, standard deviation, and N in the weighted sample)
| None hospitalized | Friend hospitalized | Family hospitalized | Self hospitalized | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | N | |
| Blame | 1.51 (0.83) | 426 | 1.23 (0.54) | 374 | 1.17 (0.54) | 64 | 1.19 (0.58) | 16 |
| Anger | 1.25 (0.59) | 431 | 1.11 (0.39) | 378 | 1.09 (0.30) | 64 | 1.13 (0.34) | 16 |
| Perceived seriousness | 3.34 (0.69) | 427 | 3.45 (0.59) | 374 | 3.52 (0.67) | 62 | 3.26 (0.84) | 16 |
| Social distance, total | 2.25 (0.68) | 412 | 2.12 (0.72) | 362 | 2.09 (0.62) | 62 | 1.90 (0.60) | 16 |
| Social distance, casual | 1.85 (0.61) | 429 | 1.70 (0.64) | 379 | 1.69 (0.55) | 64 | 1.53 (0.51) | 16 |
| Social distance, intimate | 2.53 (0.86) | 404 | 2.40 (0.88) | 361 | 2.36 (0.80) | 62 | 2.14 (0.75) | 15 |
Ns vary across items due to missing values