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Table 2 Mean values (standard errors) of ascription of stereotypes towards someone with depression depending on respondents’ migration background and migration status in the depression vignette

From: Depression stigma and migration – results of a survey from Germany

Item

Non-migranta

(n = 644–708)

Migrant born in Germanya

(n = 58–62)

Migrant foreign borna

(n = 98–101)

Results of analyses of variance (F, partial η2, p)

Ascription of stereotypesb The person in the vignette is…

…in need of help

 Non-migrant vignette

3.30 (0.04)

3.62 (0.13)

3.35 (0.10)

F(2,429) = 2.772, η2 = 0.013, p = 0.064

 Migrant vignette

3.32 (0.03)

3.55 (0.10)

3.45 (0.09)

F(2,469) = 2.846, η2 = 0.012, p = 0.059

…unpredictable

 Non-migrant vignette

2.52 (0.05)

2.54 (0.16)

2.32 (0.13)

F(2,419) = 0.983, η2 = 0.005, p = 0.375

 Migrant vignette

2.49 (0.05)

2.39 (0.15)

2.46 (0.09)

F(2,426) = 0.224, η2 = 0.001, p = 0.799

…scary

 Non-migrant vignette

1.96 (0.05)

2.07 (0.15)

2.21 (0.12)

F(2,419) = 2.090, η2 = 0.010, p = 0.125

 Migrant vignette

1.82 (0.04)

1.98 (0.12)

2.28 (0.11)c

F(2,452) = 8.179, η2 = 0.035, p < 0.001

…dangerous

 Non-migrant vignette

1.97 (0.04)

2.26 (0.15)

1.77 (0.12)d

F(2,419) = 3.539, η2 = 0.017, p = 0.030

 Migrant vignette

2.02 (0.04)

2.03 (0.12)

2.24 (0.12)

F(2,446) = 1.643, η2 = 0.007, p = 0.195

…brilliant

 Non-migrant vignette

2.20 (0.05)

2.25 (0.16)

2.37 (0.13)

F(2,393) = 0.796, η2 = 0.004, p = 0.452

 Migrant vignette

2.09 (0.04)

2.42 (0.13)c

2.07 (0.12)

F(2,420) = 3.212, η2 = 0.015, p = 0.041

…sensitive

 Non-migrant vignette

3.33 (0.04)

3.60 (0.13)

3.40 (0.10)

F(2,426) = 2.091, η2 = 0.010, p = 0.215

 Migrant vignette

3.34 (0.03)

3.53 (0.10)

3.34 (0.09)

F(2,465) = 1.694, η2 = 0.007, p = 0.185

  1. aMean values adjusted for gender, age and level of education; statistically significant results (p < 0.05) are italicized
  2. bAscription of stereotypes items ranging from 1 ‘totally disagree’ to 4 ‘totally agree’
  3. csignificantly different from non-migrant
  4. dsignificantly different from migrant born in Germany