Table 4.
The results of Friedman test on the pre-test, post-test, and follow-up scores for the questionnaires on stigmatising attitudes among students who completed the course (n = 15).
| Domains | Pre-Test (T1) |
Post-Test (T2) |
One-Year Follow-Up (T3) |
χ2 | Post Hoc Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M ± SD | M ± SD | M ± SD | |||
| Stigmatising attitudes towards mental illness | |||||
| Deviant behaviour | 3.47 ± 0.95 | 2.13 ± 0.79 | 2.51 ± 0.77 | 13.62 ** | T1 > T2 T1 > T3 |
| Social isolation | 2.69 ± 0.85 | 2.04 ± 0.55 | 1.73 ± 0.34 | 14.80 ** | T1 > T2 T1 > T3 |
| Negative stereotype | 2.04 ± 0.68 | 1.52 ± 0.53 | 1.77 ± 0.79 | 6.37 * | - |
| Self-stigma | 2.27 ± 0.81 | 1.69 ± 0.62 | 2.11 ± 0.87 | 3.57 | - |
| Average | 2.62 ± 0.61 | 1.80 ± 0.48 | 2.00 ± 0.55 | 11.58 ** | T1 > T2 |
| Stigmatising attitudes towards children with emotional behavioural disorders (EBD) | |||||
| Rejective attitude | 2.41 ± 0.68 | 2.13 ± 0.35 | 1.98 ± 0.68 | 2.18 | - |
| Deviant behaviour | 2.95 ± 0.67 | 2.42 ± 0.68 | 2.34 ± 0.60 | 9.72 ** | T1 > T3 |
| Negative stereotype | 2.89 ± 0.70 | 2.33 ± 0.60 | 2.07 ± 0.63 | 10.33 ** | T1 > T3 |
| Average | 2.77 ± 0.57 | 2.31 ± 0.51 | 2.18 ± 0.57 | 8.78 * | T1 > T3 |
| Stigmatising attitudes towards disabilities | |||||
| Negative stereotype | 2.80 ± 1.01 | 2.51 ± 1.04 | 2.76 ± 1.02 | 4.50 | - |
| Pessimistic expectation | 2.69 ± 0.89 | 2.49 ± 0.69 | 2.51 ± 0.80 | 1.04 | - |
| Average | 2.74 ± 0.88 | 2.50 ± 0.82 | 2.63 ± 0.85 | 4.42 | - |
* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.