Table 4.

Students’ attitudes towards mentally ill patients according to type of college.

Variable	Reponses	Medical	Non-medical	Total	P-value
		(n=118), N (%)	(n=413), N (%)	(n=531), N (%)
Positive attitudes
I could maintain a friendship with someone with a mental illness	Strongly agree & agree	83 (70.3)	282 (68.3)	365 (68.7)	0.665
	Neutral	28 (23.7)	96 (23.2)	124 (23.4)
	Str. disagree & disagree	7 (5.9)	35 (8.5)	42 (7.9)
I could marry someone with a mental illness	Strongly agree & agree	18 (15.3)	64 (15.5)	82 (15.4)	0.859
	Neutral	35 (29.7)	112 (27.1)	147 (27.7)
	Str. disagree & disagree	65 (55.1)	237 (57.4)	302 (56.9)
People with mental health illnesses should have the same rights as anyone else	Strongly agree & agree	106 (89.8)	332 (80.4)	438 (82.5)	0.036
	Neutral	10 (8.5)	53 (12.8)	63 (11.9)
	Str. disagree & disagree	2 (1.7)	28 (6.8)	30 (5.6)
Negative attitudes
Mentally ill persons are usually dangerous	Strongly agree & agree	27 (22.9)	131 (31.7)	158 (29.8)	0.043
	Neutral	47 (39.8)	118 (28.6)	165 (31.1)
	Str. disagree & disagree	44 (37.3)	164 (39.7)	208 (39.2)
The mentally ill should not get married	Strongly agree & agree	27 (22.9)	102 (24.7)	129 (24.3)	0.405
	Neutral	24 (20.3)	104 (25.2)	128 (24.1)
	Str. disagree & disagree	67 (56.8)	207 (50.1)	274 (51.6)
Mentally ill should not be allowed to make decisions	Strongly agree & agree	19 (16.1)	90 (21.8)	109 (20.5)	0.082
	Neutral	34 (28.8)	143 (34.6)	177 (33.3)
	Str. disagree & disagree	65 (55.1)	180 (43.6)	245 (46.1)
I would be ashamed if people knew that someone in my family had been diagnosed with a mental illness	Strongly agree & agree	5 (4.2)	44 (10.7)	49 (9.2)	0.099
	Neutral	14 (11.9)	50 (12.1)	64 (12.1)
	Str. disagree & disagree	99 (83.9)	31 (77.2)	418 (78.7)
If I were suffering from a mental health illness, I wouldn’t want people to know about it	Strongly agree & agree	54 (45.8)	162 (39.2)	216 (40.7)	0.422
	Neutral	30 (25.4)	112 (27.1)	142 (26.7)
	Str. disagree & disagree	34 (28.8)	139 (33.7)	173 (32.6)