Table 2.

Rotated factor loadings for current items.

Item	Factor a
	1	2	3
Mental illness is a state of mind and not a physical condition.	*	0.721	*
2.People with mental illness cannot take care of themselves and must be hospitalized.	*	0.458	*
3.There is something about mentally ill people’s behavior online that makes it easy to tell them from ordinary people.	*	0.756	*
4.People who develop signs of mental disorders should be limited from using social media or outright forbidden.	*	0.613	*
5.Mentally ill people are hostile or aggressive.	*	0..505	*
6.Anyone with a history of mental disorders should be excluded from having any role with authority over others (e.g., admins) in an online community.	*	0.520	*
7.People develop mental disorders due to heavier, emotional interactions with online communities and social media.	*	0.699	*
8.Mental disorders are health conditions like any other.	0.545	*	*
9.I would continue being an online friend to someone after discovering their mental disorder.	0.761	*	*
10.I would be willing to engage in a relationship with someone that has a controlled mental disorder.	0.778	*	*
11.Mentally ill people can live normally within a community.	0.705	*	*
12.An online support community or an online therapist would be safer for people in an actual community.	*	*	0.570
13.Communities on social media can have a therapy-like effect on people with mental illness.	*	*	0.690
14.Online support groups have a meaningful impact on one’s mental health.	*	*	0.740
15.An online therapist or an online support group would be more convenient for my confidentiality.	*	*	0.627
16.I would be comfortable sharing personal stories with members of an online support group.	*	*	0.704
17.Online therapists can replace face-to-face interaction with therapists or counselors.	*	*	0.599

^a Loadings < 0.30.a. 1 = acceptance, 2 = intolerance, 3 = digital care sentiment.