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Table 4 Class size and characteristics, according to conditional probability of individuals in each response item (Perceived prejudice and Social Distance)

From: Stigma toward schizophrenia: do all psychiatrists behave the same? Latent profile analysis of a national sample of psychiatrists in Brazil

Stigma dimension

  

Profile 1

Profile 2

Profile 3

   

“no stigma”

“unobtrusive stigma”

“great stigma”

   

(n = 337)

(n = 471)

(n = 606)

 

Item

Responsea

(%)

(%)

(%)

Perceived prejudice

Accept as a close friend

Disagree

22.7

87.0

73.0

  

Partially agree

67.2

10.9

22.5

  

Agree

10.1

2.1

4.5

 

Just as intelligent as the average person

Disagree

27.4

79.0

60.9

  

Partially agree

48.2

17.8

32.1

  

Agree

24.4

3.2

7.0

 

Accept as a teacher of young children

Disagree

40.0

92.8

78.5

  

Partially agree

46.6

4.5

16.2

  

Agree

13.4

2.7

5.3

 

Think less of/not hire to take care of kids

Agree

55.6

84.3

83.0

  

Partially agree

40.5

14.6

15.5

  

Disagree

3.9

1.1

1.5

 

Hire for a job

Disagree

29.8

79.6

67.0

  

Partially agree

49.3

18.5

28.5

  

Agree

20.9

1.9

4.5

 

Treat him/her equally

Disagree

46.5

92.1

85.8

  

Partially agree

46.1

6.2

12.5

  

Agree

7.4

1.7

1.7

 

Devaluation/reluctance to date

Agree

55.3

82.0

80.7

  

Partially agree

43.2

16.6

18.5

  

Disagree

1.5

1.4

0.8

Social distance

Work

Never

0.0

0.2

2.1

  

Maybe

13.1

10.4

29.7

  

Yes

86.9

89.4

68.2

 

Live as neighbor

Never

0.6

1.3

7.9

  

Maybe

17.0

7.4

31.8

  

Yes

82.4

91.3

60.3

 

Introduce a friend

Never

0.0

0.0

3.6

  

Maybe

8.6

5.7

15.3

  

Yes

91.4

94.3

81.1

 

Meet (dinner, party, etc.)

Never

0.3

0.4

1.5

  

Maybe

14.8

7.7

31.4

  

Yes

84.9

91.9

67.1

 

Job/marriage/take care of children

Never

4.2

3.6

21.1

  

Maybe

59.1

54.8

70.5

  

Yes

36.7

41.6

8.4

  1. Bold: highest percentage on the line.
  2. aThe first response-item always corresponds to the most stigmatizing answer.
  3. Note: between-group differences were statistical significant for all items (P < .001).