1. * As a part of the evaluation, we would appreciate if you can respond to the following questions. The last five digits of your student numbers will be used to follow changes over a period of time but we will not be able to identify who you are. Your confidentiality and anonymity are ensured.
The Last Five Digits of Your Student Number:
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For questions 2 to 21, please check one button which best fits your opinion. One indicates “not at all” and 9 indicates “very much” and 2 to 8
indicate degrees between these two responses.
2. * I would feel aggravated by persons with mental illness.
3. * I would feel unsafe around persons with mental illness.
4. * Persons with mental illness terrify me.
5. * How angry do persons with mental illness make you feel?
6. * I think persons with mental illness pose a risk to other people unless they are hospitalized.
7. I feel pity for persons with mental illness.
8. * How controllable do you think mental illnesses are?
9. * How irritated would you feel by a person with mental illness?
10. * How dangerous do you feel a person with mental illness is?
11. * I would feel threatened by a person with mental illness.
12. * How scared of a person with mental illness would you feel?
13. * How likely is it that you would help a person with a mental illness?
14. * How certain do you feel that you would help a person with a mental illness?
15. * How much sympathy would you feel for a person with a mental illness?
16. * How responsible do you think a person with a mental illness is for their present condition?
17. * How frightened of a person with a mental illness would you feel?
18. * How sorry do you feel for persons with a mental illness?
19. * I would try to avoid a person with a mental illness.
20. * How much concern do you feel for a person with mental illness?
21. * If I were a landlord, I probably would rent an apartment to a person with a mental illness.
22. * I have personal experience with mental health issues (myself or families).
23. * I have work/volunteer experience in the mental health field.
24. * What is your gender?
25. How old are you?
For questions 26 through 45, please check the numbered button of the one item that indicates your response.
26. * I am more comfortable helping a person who has a physical illness than I am helping a person who has a mental illness.
27. * If a person with a mental illness complains of physical symptoms (e.g. nausea, back pain or headache), I would likely attribute this to their mental illness.
28. * If a colleague with whom I work told me they had a managed mental illness, I would be as willing to work with him/her.
29. * If I were under treatment for a mental illness I would not disclose this to any of my colleagues.
30. * I would be more inclined to seek help for a mental illness if my treating healthcare provider was NOT associated with my workplace.
31. * I would see myself as weak if I had a mental illness and could NOT fix it myself.
32. * I would be reluctant to seek help if I had a mental illness.
33. * Employers should hire a person with a managed mental illness if he/she is the best person for the job.
34. * I would still go to a physician if I knew that the physician had been treated for a mental illness.
35. * If I had a mental illness, I would tell my friends.
36. * It is the responsibility of health care providers to inspire hope in people with mental illness.
37. * Despite my professional beliefs, I have negative reactions towards people who have mental illness.
38. * There is little I can do to help people with mental illness.
39. * More than half of people with mental illness don’t try hard enough to get better.
40. * People with mental illness seldom pose a risk to the public.
41. * The best treatment for mental illness is medication.
42. * I would NOT want a person with a mental illness, even if it were appropriately managed, to work with children
43. * Healthcare providers do NOT need to be advocates for people with mental illness.
44. * I would NOT mind if a person with a mental illness lived next door to me.
45. * I struggle to feel compassion for a person with a mental illness.
What are your opinions on mental health? For the next 5 questions, please indicate on the scale of 1 to 10 how strongly you agree with the following statements (1 being “not at all” and 10 being “definitely agree”). Please check the numbered box that best fits your opinion.
46. * Mental health problems are common in Canada.
47. * Discrimination stands in the way of recovery.
48. * Most people challenged with mental health issues recover.
49. * Hope plays a central role in recovery.
50. The concept of recovery from a diagnosis with serious mental illness is new to me.
For the next 3 questions please check one button that best fits your opinion.
51. Because of the class increased my confidence in working with people challenged with mental health issues.
52. * The contents of the class needs to be in the BSW program.
53. * Because of the class I might consider practicing in the mental health field.
54. * Which stream were you in when you applied to the School?
Thank you very much!
Disclaimer: Please note, we do not agree with the term “person(s) with a mental illness” or “people with mental illness;” however, these are the tools we need to use this time.