Intervention for reducing stigma: Assessing the influence of gender and knowledge

Table 1 Comparison of the Opinions on Mental Illness subscales between the baseline time and the final time

Variables	Baseline mean	Baseline SD	Final mean	FinalSD	P value
Authoritarianism	3.75	0.51	4.21	0.54	< 0.001
Interpersonal etiology	4.06	0.60	4.43	0.66	< 0.001
Benevolence	2.18	0.60	2.00	0.52	0.022
Restrictiveness	4.02	0.80	4.31	0.82	< 0.001
Negativism	4.73	0.63	4.98	0.51	< 0.001

Table 2 Comparison of the Opinions on Mental Illness subscales between the baseline time and the final time by gender

Gender	Subscales of OMI	Baseline mean	Baseline SD	Final mean	Final SD	P value
Women = 28	Authoritarianism	3.79	0.52	4.32	0.47	0.000
	Interpersonal etiology	4.08	0.62	4.45	0.66	0.017
	Benevolence	2.02	0.43	1.89	0.37	0.131
	Restrictiveness	3.95	0.75	4.44	0.64	0.000
	Negativism	5.04	0.50	5.16	0.56	0.118
Men = 34	Authoritarianism	3.71	0.51	4.12	0.59	0.000
	Interpersonal etiology	4.04	0.59	4.42	0.67	0.001
	Benevolence	2.31	0.68	2.08	0.60	0.079
	Restrictiveness	4.07	0.85	4.20	0.94	0.321
	Negativism	4.48	0.61	4.83	0.42	0.003

OMI: Opinions on Mental Illness.

Table 3 Comparison of the Opinions on Mental Illness subscales between the baseline time and the final time by knowledge of someone with a mental disorder

Know someone with a mental disorder	Domains of stigma	Baseline mean	Baseline SD	Final mean	Final SD	P value
Yes = 28	Authoritarianism	3.78	0.54	4.32	0.59	0.000
	Interpersonal etiology	3.94	0.64	4.41	0.80	0.001
	Benevolence	2.16	0.68	1.90	0.47	0.044
	Restrictiveness	4.16	0.80	4.31	0.92	0.298
	Negativism	4.74	0.69	5.03	0.49	0.003
No = 33	Authoritarianism	3.72	0.50	4.11	0.49	0.000
	Interpersonal etiology	4.19	0.52	4.43	0.52	0.031
	Benevolence	2.22	0.51	2.09	0.54	0.221
	Restrictiveness	3.87	0.79	4.28	0.75	0.001
	Negativism	4.69	0.54	4.91	0.51	0.045