Table 6.
Correlates of social distance scores
| Variable | Mean Score | n | P value | Variable | Mean Score | n | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -Mentally ill person can't work | -Caring and sympathetic towards the person | ||||||
| Agree | 66 | 0.019 | Agree | 163 | 0.884 | ||
| Agree | 67 | Agree | 62 | ||||
| somewhat | 55 | somewhat | 48 | ||||
| No response | 1.68 | 118 | No response | 1.57 | 74 | ||
| Disagree | 106 | Disagree | 68 | ||||
| somewhat | somewhat | ||||||
| Disagree | Disagree | ||||||
| -Persons are usually dangerous | -Hiding self mental illness problems | ||||||
| Agree | 69 | 0.003 | Agree | 219 | 0.449 | ||
| Agree | 111 | Agree | 93 | ||||
| somewhat | 51 | somewhat | 1.04 | 19 | |||
| No response | 2.06 | 90 | No response | 34 | |||
| Disagree | 92 | Disagree | 49 | ||||
| somewhat | somewhat | ||||||
| Disagree | Disagree | ||||||
| -Not capable of true friendship | -Mental illness can't cure | ||||||
| Agree | 139 | 0.826 | Agree | 76 | 0.294 | ||
| Agree | 84 | Agree | 98 | ||||
| somewhat | 1.54 | 67 | somewhat | 42 | |||
| No response | 73 | No response | 2.13 | 93 | |||
| Disagree | 50 | Disagree | 105 | ||||
| somewhat | somewhat | ||||||
| Disagree | Disagree | ||||||
| -Prevent from having children | -Not allowed to decision making | ||||||
| Agree | 107 | 0.010 | Agree | 96 | 0.048 | ||
| Agree | 110 | Agree | 104 | ||||
| somewhat | 22 | somewhat | 46 | ||||
| No response | 1.91 | 59 | No response | 1.85 | 92 | ||
| Disagree | 114 | Disagree | 71 | ||||
| somewhatDisagree | somewhat | ||||||
| Disagree | Disagree | ||||||
| -Person should not get married | -Not maintain any friendship | ||||||
| Agree | 1.99 | 80 | 0.559 | Agree | 1.52 | 142 | 0.007 |
| Agree | 199 | Agree | 97 | ||||
| somewhat | 37 | somewhat | 56 | ||||
| No response | 79 | No response | 51 | ||||
| Disagree | 98 | Disagree | 1.52 | 66 | |||
| Somewhat | somewhat | ||||||
| Disagree | Disagree | ||||||
| -Avoid all contact mentally ill | -Marry someone with mentally ill | ||||||
| Agree | 87 | 0.189 | Agree | 35 | 0.002 | ||
| Agree somewhat | 95 | Agree somewhat | 46 | ||||
| No response | 1.99 | 63 | No response | 2.92 | 39 | ||
| Disagree | 71 | Disagree | 84 | ||||
| somewhat | 96 | somewhat | 205 | ||||
| Disagree | Disagree | ||||||
| -Feel shame if family member is diagnosed | -Afraid to have conversion | ||||||
| Agree | 135 | 0.010 | Agree | 139 | 0.003 | ||
| Agree | 92 | Agree | 92 | ||||
| somewhat | 25 | somewhat | 48 | ||||
| No response | 41 | No response | 69 | ||||
| Disagree | 1.80 | 120 | Disagree | 1.58 | 64 | ||
| somewhat | somewhat | ||||||
| Disagree | Disagree | ||||||
| - Should have same rights like others | Cause by genetic inheritance | ||||||
| Agree | 207 | 0.367 | Agree | 116 | 0.207 | ||
| Agree | 53 | Agree | 98 | ||||
| Somewhat | 37 | somewhat | |||||
| No response | 56 | No response | 47 | ||||
| Disagree | 1.28 | 58 | Disagree | 1.86 | 39 | ||
| somewhat | somewhat | 117 | |||||
| Disagree | Disagree | ||||||
| -Not work with mentally ill person | God's punishment | ||||||
| Agree | 120 | 0.876 | Agree | 69 | 0.766 | ||
| Agree | 87 | Agree | 55 | ||||
| somewhat | 44 | somewhat | 48 | ||||
| No response | 1.85 | 48 | No response | 2.54 | 63 | ||
| Disagree | 109 | Disagree | 176 | ||||
| somewhat | somewhat | ||||||
| Disagree | Disagree | ||||||
| -Hide mental illness problem of family | Cause by brain disease | ||||||
| Agree | 68 | 0.0001 | Agree | 147 | 0.152 | ||
| Agree | 43 | Agree | 107 | ||||
| somewhat | 35 | somewhat | 37 | ||||
| No response | 2.75 | 45 | No response | 1.56 | 26 | ||
| Disagree | 223 | Disagree | 96 | ||||
| somewhat | somewhat | ||||||
| Disagree | Disagree | ||||||
| Causes of the problem | |||||||
| Cause by substance abuse | Cause by a personal weakness | ||||||
| Agree | 80 | 0.001 | Agree | 159 | 0.244 | ||
| Agree | 113 | Agree | 88 | ||||
| somewhat | 43 | somewhat | 61 | ||||
| No response | 2.10 | 44 | No response | 1.45 | 42 | ||
| Disagree | 136 | Disagree | 67 | ||||
| somewhat | somewhat | ||||||
| Disagree | Disagree | ||||||
| Cause by bad things happening | |||||||
| Agree | 175 | 0.001 | |||||
| Agree | 102 | ||||||
| somewhat | 72 | ||||||
| No response | 1.13 | 31 | |||||
| Disagree | 32 | ||||||
| somewhat | |||||||
| Disagree | |||||||