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Table 3 Class size and characteristics, according to conditional probability of individuals in each response item (Stereotypes and Restrictions)

From: Stigma toward schizophrenia: do all psychiatrists behave the same? Latent profile analysis of a national sample of psychiatrists in Brazil

Stigma dimension

  

Profile 1

Profile 2

Profile 3

   

“no stigma”

“unobtrusive stigma”

“great stigma”

   

(n = 337)

(n = 471)

(n = 606)

 

Item

Responsea

(%)

(%)

(%)

Negative stereotypes

Dangerous

More

12.8

8.5

35.9

Equally

69.0

80.2

54.1

Less

18.2

11.3

10.0

Unpredictable

More

47.5

38.7

84.8

Equally

38.5

56.0

8.6

Less

14.0

5.3

6.6

Strange

More

36.2

38.9

72.9

Equally

48.1

55.8

16.9

Less

15.7

5.3

10.2

Untrustworthy

More

6.5

2.2

29.2

Equally

78.9

92.3

57.0

Less

14.6

5.5

13.8

Positive Stereotypes

Healthy

Less

44.9

56.9

81.2

Equally

47.6

39.4

15.2

More

7.5

3.7

3.6

Controlled

Less

44.9

40.4

82.9

Equally

46.5

55.3

11.1

More

8.6

4.3

6.0

Talented

Less

8.0

7.0

24.8

Equally

82.2

88.1

64.2

More

9.8

4.9

11.0

Rational

Less

33.9

35.0

80.0

Equally

57.7

58.8

13.2

More

8.4

6.2

6.8

Restrictions

Involuntary admission

Agrees

94.5

99.4

97.5

Disagrees

5.5

0.6

2.5

Should not have a driver’s license

Agrees

2.7

0.9

12.4

Disagrees

97.3

99.1

87.6

Should not have the right to vote

Agrees

13.4

13.7

41.2

  

Disagrees

86.6

86.3

58.8

  1. Bold: highest percentage on the line.
  2. aThe first response-item always corresponds to the most stigmatizing answer.
  3. Note: between-group differences were statistical significant for all items (P < .001).