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Table 3 Attribution Questionnaire factor scores according to psychiatric diagnosis

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*

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

  1. SD standard deviation, s schizophrenia, d depression, n no mental illness
  2. * One-way ANOVA; p <  0.05
  3. * Superscriptsn,d,s indicate Bonferroni post hoc significant paired comparisons