Table 3.
Mean values (standard errors) of emotional reactions 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emotional reactions Upon meeting this person… | ||||
| …I react angrily.b | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 1.45 (0.03) | 1.59 (0.11) | 1.33 (0.09) | F(2,427) = 1.839, η2 = 0.009, p = 0.160 |
| Migrant vignette | 1.43 (0.03) | 1.49 (0.10) | 1.59 (0.09) | F(2,461) = 1.433, η2 = 0.006, p = 0.240 |
| …I feel annoyed.b | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 1.87 (0.04) | 2.00 (0.15) | 1.73 (0.12) | F(2,426) = 1.090, η2 = 0.005, p = 0.337 |
| Migrant vignette | 1.73 (0.04) | 1.78 (0.12) | 1.64 (0.11) | F(2,449) = 0.412, η2 = 0.002, p = 0.662 |
| …I react with incomprehension.b | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 1.64 (0.04) | 1.79 (0.14) | 2.04 (0.11)d | F(2,425) = 5.796, η2 = 0.027, p = 0.003 |
| Migrant vignette | 1.63 (0.04) | 1.51 (0.12) | 2.00 (0.11)d,e | F(2,462) = 5.923, η2 = 0.025, p = 0.003 |
| Scale Angerc | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 4.96 (0.09) | 5.37 (0.31) | 5.05 (0.25) | F(2,428) = 0.835, η2 = 0.004, p = 0.435 |
| Migrant vignette | 4.79 (0.08) | 4.77 (0.26) | 5.16 (0.24) | F(2,460) = 1.093, η2 = 0.005, p = 0.336 |
| …I feel pity.b | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 3.09 (0.04) | 3.08 (0.14) | 3.36 (0.11) | F(2,428) = 2.709, η2 = 0.012, p = 0.068 |
| Migrant vignette | 3.01 (0.04) | 3.28 (0.13) | 3.19 (0.12) | F(2,466) = 1.871, η2 = 0.008, p = 0.155 |
| …I feel sympathy.b | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 2.68 (0.05) | 2.82 (0.16) | 2.64 (0.12) | F(2,396) = 0.433, η2 = 0.002, p = 0.649 |
| Migrant vignette | 2.67 (0.04) | 2.83 (0.13) | 2.56 (0.11) | F(2,428) = 1.223, η2 = 0.006, p = 0.295 |
| …I feel the need to help.b | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 3.20 (0.04) | 3.14 (0.13) | 3.47 (0.11)d | F(2,426) = 3.099, η2 = 0.014, p = 0.046 |
| Migrant vignette | 3.12 (0.03) | 3.22 (0.11) | 3.13 (0.09) | F(2,467) = 0.345, η2 = 0.001, p = 0.708 |
| Scale Prosocialc | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 9.01 (0.09) | 9.04 (0.31) | 9.43 (0.24) | F(2,430) = 1.350, η2 = 0.006, p = 0.260 |
| Migrant vignette | 8.83 (0.08) | 9.43 (0.25) | 8.83 (0.22) | F(2,465) = 2.542, η2 = 0.011, p = 0.080 |
| …I feel uncomfortable.b | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 2.03 (0.05) | 1.94 (0.16) | 1.97 (0.13) | F(2,420) = 0.221, η2 = 0.001, p = 0.802 |
| Migrant vignette | 2.00 (0.04) | 1.70 (0.15) | 2.50 (0.13)d,e | F(2,451) = 9.339, η2 = 0.040, p < 0.001 |
| …he/she scares me.b | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 1.69 (0.04) | 1.51 (0.14) | 1.74 (0.11) | F(2,426) = 0.844, η2 = 0.004, p = 0.431 |
| Migrant vignette | 1.55 (0.03) | 1.57 (0.11) | 1.63 (0.09) | F(2,465) = 0.327, η2 = 0.001, p = 0.721 |
| …I feel insecure.c | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 1.89 (0.05) | 1.87 (0.17) | 2.03 (0.13) | F(2,429) = 0.490, η2 = 0.002, p = 0.613 |
| Migrant vignette | 1.85 (0.04) | 1.74 (0.13) | 1.94 (0.12) | F(2,465) = 0.664, η2 = 0.003, p = 0.515 |
| Scale Fearb | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 5.61 (0.12) | 5.37 (0.39) | 5.67 (0.30) | F(2,439) = 0.211, η2 = 0.001, p = 0.810 |
| Migrant vignette | 5.39 (0.10) | 5.04 (0.31) | 5.89 (0.27) | F(2,469) = 2.349, η2 = 0.010, p = 0.097 |
aMean values adjusted for gender, age and level of education; statistically significant results (p < 0.05) are italicized
bEmotional reaction items ranging from 1 ‘totally disagree’ to 4 ‘totally agree’
cEmotional reaction scales ranging from 3 to 12, comprised of 3 items (sum scores)
dsignificantly different from non-migrant
esignificantly different from migrant born in Germany