Table 3 |
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| Factor loadings of the internalized stigma of mental illness scale based on principal components analysis and varimax rotation method (values under.3 suppressed) | ||||
| Stigma items | Factors | |||
| Social withdrawal | Perceived discrimination | Alienation | Stereotyped endorsement | |
| Out of place (I feel out of place in the world because I have a mental illness) | .46 | |||
|
Spoiled life (Having a mental illness has spoiled my life) |
.72 | |||
| Others can’t understand (People without mental illness could not possibly understand me) | .36 | .53 | ||
| Embarrassment (I am embarrassed or ashamed that I have a mental illness) | .73 | |||
| Disappointment (I am disappointed in myself for having a mental illness.) | .74 | |||
| Feel inferior (I feel inferior to others who don’t have a mental illness) | .73 | |||
| Stereotype belief (Stereotypes about the mentally ill apply to me) | .32 | .50 | ||
| Known by looks (People can tell that I have a mental illness by the way I look) | .32 | .47 | ||
| Violence (Mentally ill people tend to be violent) | .58 | |||
| Decisions (Because I have a mental illness, I need others to make most decisions for me) | .31 | .57 | ||
| Rewarding Life (People with mental illness cannot live a good, rewarding life) | .68 | |||
|
Marriage (Mentally ill people shouldn’t get married) |
.74 | |||
| Contribution (I can’t contribute anything to society because I have a mental illness) | .67 | |||
| Discrimination (People discriminate against me because I have a mental illness) | .70 | |||
| Achievement (Others think that I can’t achieve much in life because I have a mental illness) | .78 | |||
| Ignored (People ignore me or take me less seriously just because I have a mental illness) | .78 | |||
| Patronized (People often patronize me, or treat me like a child, just because I have a mental illness) | .76 | |||
| People disinterested (Nobody would be interested in getting close to me because I have a mental illness) | .64 | |||
| Burden others (I don’t talk about myself much because I don’t want to burden others with my mental illness) | – – – – | – – – | – – – | – – – |
| Reduced socialisation (I don’t socialize as much as I used to because my mental illness might make me look or behave "weird") | .79 | – – – | ||
| Isolated (Negative stereotypes against people with mental illness like myself keep me isolated from the "normal" world) | .82 | |||
| Protect family (I stay away from social situations in order to protect my family or friends from embarrassment) | .71 | |||
| Feel inadequate (Being around people who don’t have a mental illness makes me feel out of place or inadequate) | .82 | |||
| Rejection (I avoid getting close to people who don't have a mental illness to avoid rejection ) | .85 | |||
| Eigen values | 8.6 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| Percentage of total variance | 16.7 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 |
| Number of test variables | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
Assefa et al. BMC Psychiatry 2012 12:239 doi:10.1186/1471-244X-12-239
