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Table 5 Self-Stigma of Depression Scale: Single items and scales according to respondents’ migration background [mean values (standard errors)]

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

Imagine you were depressed. How would you feel?

Migrant foreign borna (n = 139)

Migrant born in Germanya

(n = 225)

Non-migranta (n = 1622)

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

Subscale Social Inadequacy

2.57 (0.02)

2.61 (0.06)

2.67 (0.05)

F(2,1728) = 1.645, η2 = 0.002, p = 0.193

  Feel inferior to other people

2.55 (0.03)

2.50 (0.09)

2.61 (0.07)

F(2,1726) = 0.574, η2 = 0.001, p = 0.563

  Feel like a burden to other people

2.82 (0.02)

2.94 (0.08)

2.82 (0.06)

F(2,1737) = 1.057, η2 = 0.001, p = 0.348

  Feel inadequate around other people

2.31 (0.02)b

2.46 (0.08)

2.47 (0.07)

F(2,1683) = 3.539, η2 = 0.004, p = 0.029

  Feel I couldn’t contribute much socially

2.59 (0.02)b

2.58 (0.08)

2.79 (0.07)

F(2,1728) = 4.236, η2 = 0.005, p = 0.015

Subscale Own Responsibility

2.76 (0.02)b

2.89 (0.06)

3.02 (0.05)

F(2,1667) = 11.295, η2 = 0.013, p <  0.001

  Think I should be able to pull myself together

2.77 (0.02)b

2.89 (0.08)

3.07 (0.07)

F(2,1733) = 7.411, η2 = 0.008, p = 0.001

  Think I should be able to cope with things

2.75 (0.02)b

2.86 (0.08)

2.97 (0.06)

F(2,1698) = 6.179, η2 = 0.007, p = 0.002

Subscale Help-Seeking Inhibition

2.03 (0.02)

2.06 (0.06)

2.14 (0.05)

F(2,1767) = 2.213, η2 = 0.002, p = 0.110

  Wouldn’t want people to know that I wasn’t coping

2.24 (0.02)

2.24 (0.08)

2.37 (0.07)

F(2,1765) = 2.146, η2 = 0.002, p = 0.117

  See myself as weak if I took antidepressants

2.14 (0.13)

2.35 (0.09)

2.18 (0.07)

F(2,1727) = 2.886, η2 = 0.003, p = 0.056

  Feel embarrassed about seeking professional help

1.79 (0.02)

1.79 (0.08)

1.93 (0.07)

F(2,1766) = 2.157, η2 = 0.002, p = 0.116

  Feel embarrassed if others knew I was seeking professional help

1.97 (0.03)

1.88 (0.09)

2.06 (0.07)

F(2,1757) = 1.340, η2 = 0.002, p = 0.262

  1. aMean values adjusted for gender, age and level of education;  statistically significant results (p < 0.05) are italicized; single items and scales ranging from 1 to 4 (‘completely disagree’-‘completely agree’)
  2. bsignificantly different from non-migrant
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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