Table 3b.
Genetic Counselors’ Attitudes towards a Person with Schizophrenia: Negative Stereotypes Subscale.
| Negative stereotypes subscale score | |
|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | |
| Group 1 (N=12) | 3.16 (.72) |
| Group 2 (N=71) | 3.14 (.55) |
| Group 3 (N=29) | 3.17 (.62) |
| Group 4 (N=16) | 3.20 (.56) |
| TOTAL (N=128) | 3.16 (.58) |
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Negative stereotypes subscale score was calculated by taking the average score of ten items from the negative stereotypes scale: dangerous, unpredictable, stupid, bedraggled, abnormal, unreliable, weird, reasonable, self-controlled, and healthy. Counselors were placed into one of four groups based on experience with mental illness. Group 1 had a personal or family history of schizophrenia; Group 2 had a personal or family history of other mental illness; Group 3 had other mental illness experience but no personal or family history; and Group 4 did not have a personal or family history or other experience with mental illness.