S. no | Items | Negative responses | Any positive response | |||
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Not at all total (%) | Some times | Often | A lot | Total (%) | ||
1 | Worried about being treated differently | 365 (76.4%) | 58 | 14 | 41 | 113 (23.6%) |
2 | Worried people would know about it | 352 (73.7%) | 46 | 27 | 53 | 126 (26.3%) |
3 | Felt the need to hide this fact | 356 (74.4%) | 52 | 21 | 49 | 122 (25.6%) |
4 | Helping other people to understand what it is like to have a family member with psychiatric problem | 268 (56.1%) | 134 | 33 | 43 | 210 (43.9%) |
5 | Making an effort to keep this fact a secret | 349 (73%) | 57 | 23 | 49 | 129 (27%) |
6 | Worried about being avoided | 381 (80%) | 46 | 24 | 27 | 97 (20%) |
7 | Explaining to others that (name) isn’t like their picture of “crazy” people | 341 (71.3%) | 85 | 25 | 27 | 137 (28.7%) |
8 | Worried that people would blame you for his or her problems | 401 (83.9%) | 44 | 18 | 15 | 77 (16.1%) |
9 | Worried that a person looking to marry would be reluctant to marry into your family | 352 (73.6%) | 54 | 20 | 52 | 126 (26.4%) |
10 | Worried about taking him or her out | 359 (75.1%) | 48 | 17 | 54 | 126 (24.9%) |
11 | Felt ashamed or embarrassed about it | 335 (70.1%) | 125 | 17 | 1 | 143 (29.9) |
12 | Sought out people who also have a family member who has had psychiatric problem | 301 (63%) | 79 | 20 | 78 | 177 (37%) |
13 | Felt grief or depression because of it | 119 (24.9%) | 140 | 61 | 158 | 359 (75.1%) |
14 | Felt that somehow it might be your fault | 408 (85.4%) | 50 | 12 | 8 | 70 (14.6%) |