Table 4.
Results of regression analyses examining background and general stigma as predictors of attitudes
| Mental Illness Vignette Group | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Care & Support | Avoidance | Mistrust | Negative Stereotypes | |||||||||
| Predictors | r | Beta | t-value | r | Beta | t-value | r | Beta | t-value | r | Beta | t-value |
| Gen stigma | .19*** | .10 | 2.02* | .13* | .19 | 3.60*** | .25*** | .23 | 4.37*** | .25*** | .19 | 3.77*** |
| Sex | .10 | -.12 | 2.09* | -.03 | .11 | 1.76 | .05 | -.04 | < 1 | .07 | -.10 | 1.61 |
| MH work | -.06 | -.01 | < 1 | .00 | -.01 | < 1 | -.04 | .00 | < 1 | -.08 | -.04 | < 1 |
| MH training | -.03 | .02 | < 1 | -.05 | -.07 | 1.42 | -.09 | -.08 | 1.52 | .03 | .06 | 1.24 |
| Age | .02 | .22 | 1.82 | .03 | -.10 | < 1 | .09 | .07 | < 1 | -.09 | .09 | < 1 |
| Work experience | .01 | -.11 | < 1 | .03 | .07 | < 1 | .09 | .04 | < 1 | -.09 | -.12 | 1.00 |
| Discipline | .38*** | .45 | 7.55*** | -.22*** | -.33 | 5.35*** | .12* | .10 | 1.63 | .28*** | .29 | 4.73*** |
| Model F | 10.78*** | 5.30*** | 4.64*** | 7.55*** | ||||||||
| Adj R2 | .162 | .078 | .067 | .114 | ||||||||
| Diabetes Vignette Group | ||||||||||||
| Gen stigma | .24*** | .20 | 3.56*** | .28*** | .29 | 4.98*** | .21*** | .22 | 3.69*** | .28*** | .27 | 4.64*** |
| Sex | .10 | 0.05 | < 1 | .01 | .03 | < 1 | .01 | .03 | < 1 | .07 | -.03 | < 1 |
| MH work | .03 | .04 | < 1 | -.04 | -.03 | < 1 | .10 | .12 | 2.09* | -.04 | .00 | < 1 |
| MH training | .05 | .09 | 1.60 | -.05 | -.02 | < 1 | -.07 | -.08 | 1.31 | -.10 | -.04 | < 1 |
| Age | -.05 | -.07 | < 1 | .03 | .09 | < 1 | .06 | .03 | < 1 | -.14* | -.30 | 2.59* |
| Work experience | -.01 | .09 | < 1 | .00 | -.09 | < 1 | .07 | .04 | < 1 | -.06 | .22 | 1.97* |
| Discipline | .26*** | .27 | 3.79*** | -.02 | -.09 | 1.23 | -.01 | -.05 | < 1 | .14* | .06 | < 1 |
| Model F | 5.71*** | 3.92*** | 3.03** | 5.20*** | ||||||||
| Adj R2 | .100 | .064 | .046 | .090 | ||||||||
*p < .05; **p < .01; **p < .001; r = zero order correlation