From: Attitudes of the police towards individuals with a known psychiatric diagnosis
Factors/N° items | Schizophrenia Mean (SD) (n = 312) | Depression Mean (SD) (n = 302) | No mental illness Mean (SD) (n = 290) | P* |
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Responsibility | 2.00 (0.57)n | 2.08 (0.61)n | 2.29 (0.64)s,d | < 0.001 |
Pity | 3.09 (0.72)n | 3.04 (0.76)n | 2.70 (0.82)s,d | < 0.001 |
Anger | 1.75 (0.70) | 1.72 (0.73) | 1.62 (0.73) | 0.08 |
Dangerousness | 2.56 (0.58)d,n | 2.45 (0.58)s,n | 2.24 (0.62)s,d | < 0.001 |
Help | 3.82 (0.82)n | 3.81 (0.88)n | 3.58 (0.95)s,d | < 0.001 |
Coercion | 3.20 (0.85)d,n | 3.01 (0.92)s,n | 2.22 (0.87)s,d | < 0.001 |
Segregation | 2.55 (0.74)d,n | 2.37 (0.79)s,n | 1.96 (0.77)s,d | < 0.001 |
Avoidance | 3.31 (0.74)n | 3.24 (0.76)n | 3.01 (0.80)s,d | < 0.001 |
Credibility | 2.95(0.63) | 3.02(0.64) | 3.06 (0.64) | 0.102 |