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Table 3 Linear regression results of the direct relationships between personality and stigma (n = 870)

From: Direct and moderating effects of personality on stigma towards mental illness

 

Weak-not-sick

Dangerous/unpredictable

Social distance

B

β

95% CI

p

B

β

95% CI

p

B

β

95% CI

p

Extraversion

0.429

0.157

0.268

0.590

0.000

0.146

0.046

−0.056

0.347

0.157

0.035

0.011

−0.168

0.239

0.733

Agreeableness

−0.350

−0.088

− 0.587

− 0.113

0.004

−0.467

− 0.102

−0.764

− 0.170

0.002

− 0.619

− 0.137

− 0.918

− 0.319

0.000

Conscientiousness

0.081

0.026

−0.096

0.259

0.370

0.059

0.016

−0.163

0.282

0.600

0.251

0.070

0.026

0.475

0.028

Neuroticism

−0.101

−0.033

−0.281

0.078

0.269

0.152

0.043

−0.073

0.377

0.185

0.238

0.068

0.011

0.465

0.040

Openness

−0.340

−0.105

−0.534

− 0.146

0.001

− 0.421

−0.112

− 0.664

−0.178

0.001

−0.419

− 0.113

−0.664

− 0.174

0.001

  1. aB – unstandardized coefficient;
  2. bβ – standardized coefficient;
  3. cControlled for socio-demographics (i.e. age, gender, ethnicity, education level, monthly income, and type of study) + contact experiences (i.e. close contact and non-close contact) + vignette-associated variables (i.e. vignette type and the status whether the participants could correctly recognize the mental disorder in the assigned vignette);
  4. dClose contact was significant in predicting ‘dangerous/unpredictable’ (B = − 0.439, p = 0.032), and ‘social distance’ (B = − 0.800, p < 0.001);
  5. eNon-close contact was significant in predicting ‘weak-not-sick’ (B = − 0.495, p = 0.001), ‘dangerous/unpredictable’ (B = − 0.369, p = 0.041), and ‘social distance’ (B = − 0.539, p = 0.003);
  6. fCorrect identification of the mental disorder in the vignette was significant in predicting ‘weak-not-sick’ (B = − 0.372, p = 0.028), ‘dangerous/unpredictable’ (B = 0.460, p = 0.031), and ‘social distance’ (B = 0.510, p = 0.018)