Table 2.
Mean values (standard errors) of ascription of stereotypes towards someone with depression depending on respondents’ migration background and migration status in the depression vignette
| Item | Non-migranta
(n = 644–708) |
Migrant born in Germanya
(n = 58–62) |
Migrant foreign borna
(n = 98–101) |
Results of analyses of variance (F, partial η2, p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascription of stereotypesb The person in the vignette is… | ||||
| …in need of help | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 3.30 (0.04) | 3.62 (0.13) | 3.35 (0.10) | F(2,429) = 2.772, η2 = 0.013, p = 0.064 |
| Migrant vignette | 3.32 (0.03) | 3.55 (0.10) | 3.45 (0.09) | F(2,469) = 2.846, η2 = 0.012, p = 0.059 |
| …unpredictable | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 2.52 (0.05) | 2.54 (0.16) | 2.32 (0.13) | F(2,419) = 0.983, η2 = 0.005, p = 0.375 |
| Migrant vignette | 2.49 (0.05) | 2.39 (0.15) | 2.46 (0.09) | F(2,426) = 0.224, η2 = 0.001, p = 0.799 |
| …scary | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 1.96 (0.05) | 2.07 (0.15) | 2.21 (0.12) | F(2,419) = 2.090, η2 = 0.010, p = 0.125 |
| Migrant vignette | 1.82 (0.04) | 1.98 (0.12) | 2.28 (0.11)c | F(2,452) = 8.179, η2 = 0.035, p < 0.001 |
| …dangerous | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 1.97 (0.04) | 2.26 (0.15) | 1.77 (0.12)d | F(2,419) = 3.539, η2 = 0.017, p = 0.030 |
| Migrant vignette | 2.02 (0.04) | 2.03 (0.12) | 2.24 (0.12) | F(2,446) = 1.643, η2 = 0.007, p = 0.195 |
| …brilliant | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 2.20 (0.05) | 2.25 (0.16) | 2.37 (0.13) | F(2,393) = 0.796, η2 = 0.004, p = 0.452 |
| Migrant vignette | 2.09 (0.04) | 2.42 (0.13)c | 2.07 (0.12) | F(2,420) = 3.212, η2 = 0.015, p = 0.041 |
| …sensitive | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 3.33 (0.04) | 3.60 (0.13) | 3.40 (0.10) | F(2,426) = 2.091, η2 = 0.010, p = 0.215 |
| Migrant vignette | 3.34 (0.03) | 3.53 (0.10) | 3.34 (0.09) | F(2,465) = 1.694, η2 = 0.007, p = 0.185 |
aMean values adjusted for gender, age and level of education; statistically significant results (p < 0.05) are italicized
bAscription of stereotypes items ranging from 1 ‘totally disagree’ to 4 ‘totally agree’
csignificantly different from non-migrant
dsignificantly different from migrant born in Germany