Table 4.

Stigma comparison between Ripple Effect sample and Community Sample [32]

	n (%)	SOSS – Stigma mean (SD) [α]	SOSS – Isolation/depression mean (SD) [α]	SOSS – Glorification/normalisation mean (SD) [α]
Ripple Effect self-stigma (total completing baseline self-SOSS)	98	2.79 (0.91) [0.890]	3.67 (1.09) [0.911]	2.05 (0.83) [0.795]
Age group
18–24	13	3.13 (1.05) [0.91]	3.92 (1.02) [0.84]	1.94 (0.95) [0.88]
25–49	58	2.83 (0.88) [0.88]	3.72 (1.07) [0.91]	1.99 (0.78) [0.75]
50+	24	2.54 (0.85) [0.87]	3.50 (1.13) [0.92]	2.20 (0.85) [0.81]
Gender
Male	46	2.73 (0.95) [0.91]	3.60 (1.11) [0.90]	2.24 (0.86) [0.79]
Female	49	2.82 (0.90) [0.89]	3.71 (1.11) [0.93]	1.87 (0.78) [0.81]
Ripple Effect perceived-stigma group (total completing baseline perceived-SOSS)	420	2.86 (0.84) [0.90]	3.71 (0.71) [0.80]	2.00 (0.64) [0.73]
Age group
18–24	40	2.95 (0.91) [0.92]	3.84 (0.64) [0.88]	1.98 (0.76) [0.85]
25–49	217	2.88 (0.85) [0.90]	3.78 (0.69) [0.81]	1.96 (0.60) [0.69]
50+	148	2.82 (0.82) [0.90]	3.59 (0.68) [0.71]	2.07 (0.65) [0.73]
Gender
Male	148	2.90 (0.82) [0.90]	3.63 (0.73) [0.83]	2.02 (0.64) [0.83]
Female	267	2.82 (0.86) [0.90]	3.74 (0.70) [0.78]	2.01 (0.64) [0.63]
Community Sample (total sample completing SOSS)	1405 (100.0)	2.19 (0.83) [0.89]	4.11 (0.83) [0.72]	2.45 (0.82) [0.82]
Age group
18–24	438 (31.2)	2.26 (0.82)	4.19 (0.70)	2.44 (0.79)
25–49	394 (28.0)	2.15 (0.84)	4.12 (0.85)	2.46 (0.83
50+	491 (34.9)	2.13 (0.81)	4.07 (0.88)	2.43 (0.85)
Gender
Male	553 (39.4)	2.35 (0.85)	4.04 (0.82)	2.50 (0.87)
Female	767 (54.6)	2.05 (0.77)	4.18 (0.81)	2.39 (0.78)

Bold entries highlight points discussed in the text or represent summed totals of a number of categories