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Table 3 Mean values (standard errors) of emotional reactions towards someone with depression depending on respondents’ migration background and migration status in the depression vignette

From: Depression stigma and migration – results of a survey from Germany

Item

Non-migranta

(n = 644–708)

Migrant born in Germanya

(n = 58–62)

Migrant foreign borna

(n = 98–101)

Results of analyses of variance (F, partial η2, p)

Emotional reactions

Upon meeting this person…

…I react angrily.b

 Non-migrant vignette

1.45 (0.03)

1.59 (0.11)

1.33 (0.09)

F(2,427) = 1.839, η2 = 0.009, p = 0.160

 Migrant vignette

1.43 (0.03)

1.49 (0.10)

1.59 (0.09)

F(2,461) = 1.433, η2 = 0.006, p = 0.240

…I feel annoyed.b

 Non-migrant vignette

1.87 (0.04)

2.00 (0.15)

1.73 (0.12)

F(2,426) = 1.090, η2 = 0.005, p = 0.337

 Migrant vignette

1.73 (0.04)

1.78 (0.12)

1.64 (0.11)

F(2,449) = 0.412, η2 = 0.002, p = 0.662

…I react with incomprehension.b

 Non-migrant vignette

1.64 (0.04)

1.79 (0.14)

2.04 (0.11)d

F(2,425) = 5.796, η2 = 0.027, p = 0.003

 Migrant vignette

1.63 (0.04)

1.51 (0.12)

2.00 (0.11)d,e

F(2,462) = 5.923, η2 = 0.025, p = 0.003

Scale Angerc

 Non-migrant vignette

4.96 (0.09)

5.37 (0.31)

5.05 (0.25)

F(2,428) = 0.835, η2 = 0.004, p = 0.435

 Migrant vignette

4.79 (0.08)

4.77 (0.26)

5.16 (0.24)

F(2,460) = 1.093, η2 = 0.005, p = 0.336

…I feel pity.b

 Non-migrant vignette

3.09 (0.04)

3.08 (0.14)

3.36 (0.11)

F(2,428) = 2.709, η2 = 0.012, p = 0.068

 Migrant vignette

3.01 (0.04)

3.28 (0.13)

3.19 (0.12)

F(2,466) = 1.871, η2 = 0.008, p = 0.155

…I feel sympathy.b

 Non-migrant vignette

2.68 (0.05)

2.82 (0.16)

2.64 (0.12)

F(2,396) = 0.433, η2 = 0.002, p = 0.649

 Migrant vignette

2.67 (0.04)

2.83 (0.13)

2.56 (0.11)

F(2,428) = 1.223, η2 = 0.006, p = 0.295

…I feel the need to help.b

 Non-migrant vignette

3.20 (0.04)

3.14 (0.13)

3.47 (0.11)d

F(2,426) = 3.099, η2 = 0.014, p = 0.046

 Migrant vignette

3.12 (0.03)

3.22 (0.11)

3.13 (0.09)

F(2,467) = 0.345, η2 = 0.001, p = 0.708

Scale Prosocialc

 Non-migrant vignette

9.01 (0.09)

9.04 (0.31)

9.43 (0.24)

F(2,430) = 1.350, η2 = 0.006, p = 0.260

 Migrant vignette

8.83 (0.08)

9.43 (0.25)

8.83 (0.22)

F(2,465) = 2.542, η2 = 0.011, p = 0.080

…I feel uncomfortable.b

 Non-migrant vignette

2.03 (0.05)

1.94 (0.16)

1.97 (0.13)

F(2,420) = 0.221, η2 = 0.001, p = 0.802

 Migrant vignette

2.00 (0.04)

1.70 (0.15)

2.50 (0.13)d,e

F(2,451) = 9.339, η2 = 0.040, p < 0.001

…he/she scares me.b

 Non-migrant vignette

1.69 (0.04)

1.51 (0.14)

1.74 (0.11)

F(2,426) = 0.844, η2 = 0.004, p = 0.431

 Migrant vignette

1.55 (0.03)

1.57 (0.11)

1.63 (0.09)

F(2,465) = 0.327, η2 = 0.001, p = 0.721

…I feel insecure.c

 Non-migrant vignette

1.89 (0.05)

1.87 (0.17)

2.03 (0.13)

F(2,429) = 0.490, η2 = 0.002, p = 0.613

 Migrant vignette

1.85 (0.04)

1.74 (0.13)

1.94 (0.12)

F(2,465) = 0.664, η2 = 0.003, p = 0.515

Scale Fearb

 Non-migrant vignette

5.61 (0.12)

5.37 (0.39)

5.67 (0.30)

F(2,439) = 0.211, η2 = 0.001, p = 0.810

 Migrant vignette

5.39 (0.10)

5.04 (0.31)

5.89 (0.27)

F(2,469) = 2.349, η2 = 0.010, p = 0.097

  1. aMean values adjusted for gender, age and level of education; statistically significant results (p < 0.05) are italicized
  2. bEmotional reaction items ranging from 1 ‘totally disagree’ to 4 ‘totally agree’
  3. cEmotional reaction scales ranging from 3 to 12, comprised of 3 items (sum scores)
  4. dsignificantly different from non-migrant
  5. esignificantly different from migrant born in Germany