Table 2.

Compared on each statement about participants' own attitudes toward the person in vignette.

Statement about personal stigma	Patients (n = 49)		Relatives (n = 68)		Healthy people (n = 75)		Total (n = 186)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
1. The person could snap out of the problem	38	88.4	60	88.2	61	81.3	159	85.5
2. Problem is a sign of personal weakness	19	44.2	30	44.1	29	38.7	78	41.9
3. Problem is not a real medical illness*	18b	41.9	47a,c	69.1	36b	48.0	101	54.3
4. People with this problem are dangerous	30	69.8	37	54.4	51	68.0	118	63.4
5. Avoid people with this problem	2	4.7	5	7.4	2	2.7	9	4.8
6. People with this problem are unpredictable	10	23.3	13	19.1	10	13.3	33	17.7
7. If I had this problem, I wouldn't tell anyone	4	9.3	10	14.7	7	9.3	21	11.3
8. I would not employ someone with this problem	5	11.6	8	11.8	7	9.3	20	10.8
9. I would not vote for a politician with this problem	7	16.3	15	22.1	12	16.0	34	18.3

Symbols flagging table entries denote significant differences relative to ^apatients, ^brelatives, ^chealthy people.

^*p < 0.05.