Dimensions of Attitudes towards the Mentally Ill in the General Population Stability and Change over Time at Urban and Rural Sites

Table 6

Cronbach’s alpha on Distance, Positive, and Demand. Test scale = mean (unstandardized items).

(a) Lofoten T0

Variable	Average interitem covariance	Number of items in the scale	Scale reliability coefficient
Distance	0.750	6	0.830
Positive	0.256	3	0.576
Demands	0.961	4	0.824

(b) Lofoten T1

Variable	Average interitem covariance	Number of items in the scale	Scale reliability coefficient
Distance	0.651	6	0.801
Positive	0.226	3	0.522
Demands	0.919	4	0.820

(c) Oslo T1

Variable	Average interitem covariance	Number of items in the scale	Scale reliability coefficient
Distance	0.371	6	0.718
Positive	0.254	3	0.538
Demands	0.839	4	0.804

(d) Lofoten T2

Variable	Average interitem covariance	Number of items in the scale	Scale reliability coefficient
Distance	0.448	6	0.748
Positive	0.309	3	0.563
Demands	1.024	4	0.852

(e) Oslo T2

Variable	Average interitem covariance	Number of items in the scale	Scale reliability coefficient
Distance	0.373	6	0.739
Positive	0.255	3	0.543
Demands	0.807	4	0.819

(f) Valdres

Variable	Average interitem covariance	Number of items in the scale	Scale reliability coefficient
Distance	0.298	6	0.779
Positive	0.242	3	0.647
Demand	0.489	4	0.807

(g) Cronbach’s alpha on PH.Distance, PH.Positive, and PH.Demand. Test scale = mean (unstandardized items)

Variable	Average interitem covariance	Number of items in the scale	Scale reliability coefficient
PH.Distance	0.289	3	0.653
PH.Positive	0.242	3	0.647
PH.Demand	0.473	3	0.747