Table 3.
Stigmatizing attitudes about mental illness among different student cohorts
| Attitudes toward mental illness | Male (n=114)
|
Female (n=116
) |
χ2 P-value |
Qataris (n=100)
|
Non-Qataris (n=180)
|
χ2 P-value |
Science based (n=177)
|
Non-science based (n=105)
|
χ2 P-value |
Total sample (N=282)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % stigmatizing responseA (n/total) | % stigmatizing responseA (n/total) | % stigmatizing responseA(n/total) | % stigmatizing responseA (n/total) | % stigmatizing responseA (n/total) | % stigmatizing responseA (n/total) | % stigmatizing responseA (n/total) | ||||
| People with mental illness can study at universitya | 41.5 (44/106) | 52.1 (73/140) | 0.10 | 51.1 (44/86) | 45.9 (73/159) | 0.42 | 43.1 (66/153) | 54.8 (51/93) | 0.16 | 47.6 (117/246) |
| People with mental illness can work in regular jobsa | 59.4 (63/106) | 60.7 (85/140) | 0.46 | 64.4 (56/87) | 58.5 (93/159) | 0.14 | 57.8 (89/154) | 64.5 (60/93) | 0.10 | 60.2 (148/246) |
| People with mental illness can get marrieda | 51.9 (55/106) | 52.1 (73/140) | 0.87 | 52.4 (45/86) | 51.6 (82/159) | 0.07 | 47.7 (73/153) | 59.1 (55/93) | 0.14 | 52.0 (128/246) |
| People with mental illness can have childrena | 50.9 (54/106) | 55.0 (77/140) | 0.79 | 54.6 (47/86) | 52.2 (83/159) | 0.04* | 50.9 (78/153) | 57.0 (53/93) | 0.20 | 53.3 (131/246) |
| People with mental illness are dangerousb | 73.6 (77/106) | 60.4 (84/139) | 0.14 | 70.1 (61/87) | 62.7 (99/158) | 0.34 | 64.7 (99/153) | 66.7 (62/93) | 0.03 | 65.7 (161/245) |
| Willing to maintain friendship with someone with mental illnessa | 46.2 (49/106) | 41.4 (59/140) | 0.75 | 47.8 (42/88) | 40.5 (64/158) | 0.52 | 37.9 (58/153) | 52.1 (49/94) | 0.01* | 43.5 (107/246) |
| Willing to study/work with someone with a mental illnessa | 58.5 (62/106) | 46.4 (65/140) | 0.12 | 47.1 (41/87) | 54.7 (87/159) | 0.52 | 50.4 (77/153) | 54.3 (51/94) | 0.77 | 51.6 (127/246) |
| Willing to marry someone with mental illnessa | 93.4 (99/106) | 85.5 (118/138) | 0.05 | 87.4 (76/87) | 89.8 (141/157) | 0.64 | 88.8 (135/152) | 89.3 (83/93) | 0.84 | 88.9 (217/244) |
| Ashamed if someone in the family or themselves have a mental illnessb | 36.8 (39/106) | 31.4 (44/140) | 0.67 | 31.8 (28/88) | 34.6 (55/159) | 0.10 | 33.1 (51/154) | 34.4 (32/93) | 0.45 | 33.7 (83/246) |
Notes: n= number of observations; total = total of valid responses; χ2= chi-square test;
*
P<0.05.
A
Stigmatizing responses, those associated with poor awareness about mental illness, the aggregate of either
a
“no” and “do not know” or
b
“yes” and “do not know” responses, depending on the statement about beliefs associated with mental illness.