Stigma items | Factors | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
 | Social withdrawal | Perceived discrimination | Alienation | Stereotyped endorsement |
Out of place (I feel out of place in the world because I have a mental illness) | Â | Â | Â | .46 |
Spoiled life (Having a mental illness has spoiled my life) | Â | Â | Â | .72 |
Others can’t understand (People without mental illness could not possibly understand me) |  | .36 |  | .53 |
Embarrassment (I am embarrassed or ashamed that I have a mental illness) | Â | Â | Â | .73 |
Disappointment (I am disappointed in myself for having a mental illness.) | Â | Â | Â | .74 |
Feel inferior (I feel inferior to others who don’t have a mental illness) |  |  |  | .73 |
Stereotype belief (Stereotypes about the mentally ill apply to me) | .32 | Â | .50 | Â |
Known by looks (People can tell that I have a mental illness by the way I look) | Â | .32 | .47 | Â |
Violence (Mentally ill people tend to be violent) | Â | Â | .58 | Â |
Decisions (Because I have a mental illness, I need others to make most decisions for me) | .31 | Â | .57 | Â |
Rewarding Life (People with mental illness cannot live a good, rewarding life) | Â | Â | .68 | Â |
Marriage (Mentally ill people shouldn’t get married) |  |  | .74 |  |
Contribution (I can’t contribute anything to society because I have a mental illness) |  |  | .67 |  |
Discrimination (People discriminate against me because I have a mental illness) | Â | .70 | Â | Â |
Achievement (Others think that I can’t achieve much in life because I have a mental illness) |  | .78 |  |  |
Ignored (People ignore me or take me less seriously just because I have a mental illness) | Â | .78 | Â | Â |
Patronized (People often patronize me, or treat me like a child, just because I have a mental illness) | Â | .76 | Â | Â |
People disinterested (Nobody would be interested in getting close to me because I have a mental illness) | Â | .64 | Â | Â |
Burden others (I don’t talk about myself much because I don’t want to burden others with my mental illness) | – – – – | – – – | – – – | – – – |
Reduced socialisation (I don’t socialize as much as I used to because my mental illness might make me look or behave "weird") | .79 | – – – |  |  |
Isolated (Negative stereotypes against people with mental illness like myself keep me isolated from the "normal" world) | .82 | Â | Â | Â |
Protect family (I stay away from social situations in order to protect my family or friends from embarrassment) | .71 | Â | Â | Â |
Feel inadequate (Being around people who don’t have a mental illness makes me feel out of place or inadequate) | .82 |  |  |  |
Rejection (I avoid getting close to people who don't have a mental illness to avoid rejection ) | .85 | Â | Â | Â |
Eigen values | 8.6 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
Percentage of total variance | 16.7 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 |
Number of test variables | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 |