Table 3 Percentage of respondents reporting anticipated discrimination for each item in the provisional version of the QUAD
From: The development and validation of the Questionnaire on Anticipated Discrimination (QUAD)
Item no. | Statement | % (n) |
|---|---|---|
1. | If friends know about my mental health problem they will treat me unfairly | 34.5 (40/116) |
2. | If people in my neighbourhood know I have a mental health problem they will treat me unfairly | 78.4 (91/116) |
3. | If a person I want to date or have an intimate relationships with knows I have a mental health problem they will treat me unfairly | 65.5 (74/113) |
4. | If housing officials or landlords know I have a mental health problem they will treat me unfairly | 73.9 (85/115) |
5. | If teachers, lecturers or tutors know I have a mental health problem they will treat me unfairly | 46.1 (53/115) |
6. | If a spouse or partner knows about my mental health problem they will treat me unfairly | 30.7 (35/114) |
7. | If my family knows about my mental health problem they will treat me unfairly | 49.6 (57/115) |
8. | If employers know I have a mental health problem they will treat me unfairly | 87.5 (98/112) |
9. | If work colleagues know I have a mental health problem they will treat me unfairly | 81.7 (94/115) |
10. | If transport drivers and officials (e.g. bus driver, ticket inspector, taxi driver) know about my mental health problem they will treat me unfairly | 56.5 (65/115) |
11. | If benefit officials know I have a mental health problem they will treat me unfairly | 60.9 (70/115) |
12. | If religious officials or the community (e.g. at church, mosque or temple) know I have a mental health problem they will treat me unfairly | 42.5 (48/113) |
13. | If the police know I have a mental health problem they will treat me unfairly | 63.8 (74/116) |
14. | If physical health staff (e.g. GP, nurse, dentist) know I have a mental health problem they will treat me unfairly | 43.2 (48/111) |
15. | If mental health staff (e.g. psychiatrist, psychiatric nurse, social worker) know about my mental health problem they will treat me unfairly | 26.7 (31/116) |
16. | If parents of children in my neighbourhood know I have a mental health problem they will treat me unfairly | 81.7 (94/115) |
17. | If children and teenagers in my community know about my mental health problem they will treat me unfairly | 85.5 (100/117) |