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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Dermatol. 2018 Aug 29;80(6):1556–1563. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2018.08.014

Table II.

Average scores for stigmatizing attitudes

Variable MTurk participants,
mean ± SD		 Medical students,
mean ± SD
Social distance 2.7 ± 1.2 1.8 ± 0.7*
Emotions
 Compassion 3.8 ± 1.2 4.2 ± 0.8*
 Pity 3.1 ± 1.3 3.1 ± 1.1
 Disgust 2.4 ± 1.3 1.9 ± 0.9*
 Blame 1.6 ± 1.0 1.2 ± 0.4*
 Contempt 1.6 ± 1.0 1.2 ± 0.5*
 Curiosity 2.8 ± 1.2 3.3 ± 1.0*
Stereotypes 3.0 ± 0.8 2.8 ± 0.5
Myths 2.2 ± 0.6 1.6 ± 0.4*
Attitudes toward treating patients — 3.7 ± 0.7

MTurk, Mechanical Turk; SD, standard deviation.

*

Indicates statistically significant difference (P <.01), with analyses of covariance controlling for covariates that differed between groups (age, gender, race, knowing someone with psoriasis, and having heard of psoriasis).