Table 2 Personal disagreement with stigmatising attitudes about schizophrenia pre- and post-training
From: Youth mental health first aid: a description of the program and an initial evaluation
| Â | Â | Percentage 'disagree'/'strongly disagree' | Â | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | n | Pre-training % | Post-training % | p-value |
People with problems like John could snap out of it if they wanted to | 221 | 94.6 | 97.3 | 0.07 |
A problem like John's is a sign of personal weakness. | 220 | 95.0 | 98.6 | 0.022 |
John's problem is not a real medical illness. | 220 | 93.2 | 95.9 | 0.146 |
People with a problem like John's are dangerous. | 221 | 37.6 | 49.8 | 0.005 |
It is best to avoid people with a problem like John's so that you don't develop this problem. | 220 | 96.4 | 98.6 | 0.18 |
People with a problem like John's are unpredictable. | 221 | 20.4 | 33.0 | <0.001 |
If I had a problem like John's, I would not tell anyone. | 221 | 58.4 | 68.8 | 0.0052 |