Table 2.
Standardized factor loadings for the final three-factor model (Model 3) for the CAMI scale
| CAMI Items | Estimate |
|---|---|
| Authoritarianism | |
| One of the main causes of mental illness is a lack of self-discipline and will power. ┼ | 0.58 |
| The best way to handle the mentally ill is to keep them behind locked doors. | 0.71 |
| There is something about the mentally ill that makes it easy to tell them from normal people. | 0.48 |
| As soon as a person shows signs of mental disturbance, he should be hospitalized. | 0.48 |
| Mental patients need the same kind of control and discipline as a young child. | 0.55 |
| Mental illness is an illness like any other. ┼ | 0.54 |
| The mentally ill should not be treated as outcasts of society. ┼ | 0.77 |
| Virtually anyone can become mentally ill. ┼ | 0.52 |
| The mentally ill should not be given any responsibility. | 0.53 |
| The mentally ill should be isolated from the rest of the community. | 0.63 |
| A woman would be foolish to marry a man who has suffered from mental illness, even though he seems fully recovery | 0.66 |
| I would not want to live next door to someone who has been mentally ill. | 0.72 |
| Anyone with a history of mental problems should be excluded from taking public office. | 0.59 |
| The mentally ill should not be denied their individual rights. ┼ | 0.66 |
| No one has the right to exclude the mentally ill from their neighbourhood. ┼ | 0.56 |
| The mentally ill are far less of a danger than most people suppose. ┼ | 0.46 |
| Most women who were once patients in a mental hospital can be trusted as baby sitters. ┼ | 0.44 |
| Benevolence | |
| The mentally ill have for too long been the subject of ridicule. | 0.48 |
| More tax money should be spent on the care and treatment of the mentally ill. | 0.56 |
| We need to adopt a far more tolerant attitude toward the mentally ill in our society. | 0.68 |
| We have the responsibility to provide the best possible care for the mentally ill. | 0.66 |
| The mentally ill do not deserve our sympathy. ┼ | 0.53 |
| The mentally ill are a burden on society. ┼ | 0.62 |
| Increased spending on mental health services is a waste of tax dollars. ┼ | 0.78 |
| There are sufficient existing services for the mentally ill. ┼ | 0.41 |
| It is best to avoid anyone who has mental problems. ┼ | 0.80 |
| Community Mental Health Ideology | |
| Residents should accept the location of mental health facilities in their neighbourhood to serve the needs of the local community | 0.77 |
| As far as possible mental health services should be provided through community-based facilities. | 0.49 |
| Locating mental health services in residential neighbourhoods does not endanger local residents. | 0.71 |
| Residents have nothing to fear from people coming into their neighbourhood to obtain mental health services. | 0.69 |
| Mental health facilities should be kept out of residential neighbourhoods. ┼ | 0.72 |
| Local residents have good reason to resist the location of mental health services in their neighbourhood. ┼ | 0.61 |
| Having mental patients living within residential neighbourhoods might be good therapy, but the risks to residents are too great. ┼ | 0.71 |
| It is frightening to think of people with mental problems living in residential neighbourhoods. ┼ | 0.77 |
| Locating mental health facilities in a residential area downgrades the neighbourhood. ┼ | 0.66 |
| Latent Factor Correlation | |
| Authoritarianism with Benevolence | −0.95 |
| Authoritarianism with Community Mental Health Ideology | −0.90 |
| Benevolence with Community Mental Health Ideology | 0.89 |
| Removed items | |
| The best therapy for many mental patients is to be part of a normal community. | – |
| Less emphasis should be placed on protecting the public from the mentally ill. | – |
| Mental patients should be encouraged to assume the responsibilities of normal life. | – |
| Our mental hospitals seem more like prisons than like places where the mentally ill can be cared for. | – |
| Mental hospitals are an outdated means of treating the mentally ill. | – |
┼Indicates that the item was reverse scored