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Table 2 Causal beliefs regarding schizophrenia and major depression

From: Attitudes and beliefs of the French public about schizophrenia and major depression: results from a vignette-based population survey

  

Schizophrenia

Major depression

  
  

Raw %

Adj. %

Raw %

Adj. %

Change

95% CI

Brain disease

Agree

45.4

45.0

17.0

16.6

−28.4

[−32.9 ; -23.9]

Undecided

25.2

24.9

19.9

19.3

−5.6

[−9.7 ; -1.4]

 

Disagree

29.4

30.1

63.1

64.0

33.9

[30.0 ; 37.8]

Hereditary factors

Agree

26.2

24.0

11.4

10.2

−13.8

[−17.8 ; -9.9]

Undecided

23.4

23.8

17.6

17.5

−6.3

[−10.4 ; -2.3]

 

Disagree

50.4

52.1

71.0

72.4

20.3

[16.5 ; 23.9]

Disturbance of brain metabolism

Agree

50.9

51.7

24.0

24.2

−27.5

[−32.2 ; -22.8]

Undecided

25.2

23.6

24.5

22.6

−1.0

[−5.2 ; 3.1]

 

Disagree

23.9

24.7

51.5

53.3

28.6

[24.1 ; 33.1]

Troubles in family/ partnership

Agree

43.5

44.2

78.1

78.4

34.2

[29.6 ; 38.9]

Undecided

30.4

31.1

15.3

15.4

−15.7

[−20.0 ; -11.3]

 

Disagree

26.1

24.7

6.6

6.1

−18.6

[−20.6 ; -16.5]

Negative life events

Agree

64.9

66.0

79.6

80.5

14.5

[10.1 ; 18.8]

Undecided

21.4

20.6

12.4

11.7

−8.9

[−12.5 ; -5.2]

 

Disagree

13.7

13.5

8.0

7.8

−5.7

[−16.0 ; -1.7]

Stress at work

Agree

47.0

49.3

79.7

81.6

32.3

[26.3 ; 38.2]

Undecided

28.5

25.8

12.3

10.6

−15.2

[−19.7 ; -10.7]

 

Disagree

24.5

24.9

8.0

7.8

−17.1

[−19.1 ; -14.9]

Broken home

Agree

21.9

20.1

17.3

15.6

−4.5

[−8.1 ; -0.8]

Undecided

27.0

26.1

21.1

20.0

−6.1

[−10.1 ; -2.0]

 

Disagree

51.1

53.8

61.6

64.4

10.6

[6.6 ; 14.5]

Lack of parental affection

Agree

24.4

24.4

24.0

24.2

−0.2

[−4.5 ; 4.0]

Undecided

32.6

33.1

29.5

29.8

−3.3

[−7.9 ; 1.2]

 

Disagree

43.0

42.4

46.5

46.1

3.7

[−0.4 ; 7.7]

Sexual abuse in childhood

Agree

24.4

24.2

24.5

24.3

0.1

[−4.1 ; 4.4]

Undecided

32.6

32.8

23.2

23.5

−9.3

[−13.7 ; -4.9]

 

Disagree

43.0

43.0

52.3

52.1

9.1

[5.1 ; 13.2]

Immoral life style

Agree

15.1

12.3

13.0

10.4

−1.9

[−4.8 ; 1.0]

Undecided

18.9

19.3

19.5

19.7

0.4

[−3.5 ; 4.4]

 

Disagree

66.0

68.4

67.5

69.9

1.5

[−2.3 ; 5.3]

Weak will

Agree

34.5

32.8

24.1

22.6

−10.2

[−14.6 ; -5.9]

Undecided

23.0

23.6

26.5

26.7

3.1

[−1.2 ; 7.4]

 

Disagree

42.5

43.5

49.4

50.7

7.2

[3.0 ; 11.3]

Unconscious conflict

Agree

53.4

54.1

51.5

52.2

−1.9

[−6.8 ; 3.0]

Undecided

27.0

25.3

27.6

26.0

0.7

[−3.6 ; 4.8]

 

Disagree

19.6

20.6

20.9

21.8

1.2

[−4.3 ; 6.7]