Table 2 Standardized factor loadings for the final three-factor model (Model 3) for the CAMI scale

 One of the main causes of mental illness is a lack of self-discipline and will power. ^┼

0.58

 The best way to handle the mentally ill is to keep them behind locked doors.

0.71

 There is something about the mentally ill that makes it easy to tell them from normal people.

0.48

 As soon as a person shows signs of mental disturbance, he should be hospitalized.

0.48

 Mental patients need the same kind of control and discipline as a young child.

0.55

 Mental illness is an illness like any other. ^┼

0.54

 The mentally ill should not be treated as outcasts of society. ^┼

0.77

 Virtually anyone can become mentally ill. ^┼

0.52

 The mentally ill should not be given any responsibility.

0.53

 The mentally ill should be isolated from the rest of the community.

0.63

 A woman would be foolish to marry a man who has suffered from mental illness, even though he seems fully recovery

0.66

 I would not want to live next door to someone who has been mentally ill.

0.72

 Anyone with a history of mental problems should be excluded from taking public office.

0.59

 The mentally ill should not be denied their individual rights. ^┼

0.66

 No one has the right to exclude the mentally ill from their neighbourhood. ^┼

0.56

 The mentally ill are far less of a danger than most people suppose. ^┼

0.46

 Most women who were once patients in a mental hospital can be trusted as baby sitters. ^┼

0.44

 The mentally ill have for too long been the subject of ridicule.

0.48

 More tax money should be spent on the care and treatment of the mentally ill.

0.56

 We need to adopt a far more tolerant attitude toward the mentally ill in our society.

0.68

 We have the responsibility to provide the best possible care for the mentally ill.

0.66

 The mentally ill do not deserve our sympathy. ^┼

0.53

 The mentally ill are a burden on society. ^┼

0.62

 Increased spending on mental health services is a waste of tax dollars. ^┼

0.78

 There are sufficient existing services for the mentally ill. ^┼

0.41

 It is best to avoid anyone who has mental problems. ^┼

0.80

 Residents should accept the location of mental health facilities in their neighbourhood to serve the needs of the local community

0.77

 As far as possible mental health services should be provided through community-based facilities.

0.49

 Locating mental health services in residential neighbourhoods does not endanger local residents.

0.71

 Residents have nothing to fear from people coming into their neighbourhood to obtain mental health services.

0.69

 Mental health facilities should be kept out of residential neighbourhoods. ^┼

0.72

 Local residents have good reason to resist the location of mental health services in their neighbourhood. ^┼

0.61

 Having mental patients living within residential neighbourhoods might be good therapy, but the risks to residents are too great^{. ┼}

0.71

 It is frightening to think of people with mental problems living in residential neighbourhoods. ^┼

0.77

 Locating mental health facilities in a residential area downgrades the neighbourhood. ^┼

0.66

  Authoritarianism with Benevolence

−0.95

  Authoritarianism with Community Mental Health Ideology

−0.90

  Benevolence with Community Mental Health Ideology

0.89

Removed items

The best therapy for many mental patients is to be part of a normal community.

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Less emphasis should be placed on protecting the public from the mentally ill.

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Mental patients should be encouraged to assume the responsibilities of normal life.

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Our mental hospitals seem more like prisons than like places where the mentally ill can be cared for.

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Mental hospitals are an outdated means of treating the mentally ill.

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