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    This document provides an example of a 6-item Likert scale measuring attitudes toward the mentally ill. Respondents indicate their level of agreement with each statement on a 5-point scale from Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree. Statements assess views on the ability of those with mental illness to become productive citizens after treatment, restrictions on patients in mental hospitals, and community integration of the mentally ill. Scores are calculated by assigning values from 1 to 5 for each response and summing across items.

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    This document provides an example of a 6-item Likert scale measuring attitudes toward the mentally ill. Respondents indicate their level of agreement with each statement on a 5-point scale from Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree. Statements assess views on the ability of those with mental illness to become productive citizens after treatment, restrictions on patients in mental hospitals, and community integration of the mentally ill. Scores are calculated by assigning values from 1 to 5 for each response and summing across items.

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    This document provides an example of a 6-item Likert scale measuring attitudes toward the mentally ill. Respondents indicate their level of agreement with each statement on a 5-point scale from Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree. Statements assess views on the ability of those with mental illness to become productive citizens after treatment, restrictions on patients in mental hospitals, and community integration of the mentally ill. Scores are calculated by assigning values from 1 to 5 for each response and summing across items.

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    Example of a Likert Scale to Measure Attitudes toward the Mentally Ill

    Direction Item RESPONSES SCORE


    of SA A ? D SD Person 1 Person 2
    Scoring (/) (X)
    + 1. People who have had a mental / X 4 1
    illness can become normal productive
    citizens after treatment.
    - 2. People who have been patients in X / 5 3
    mental hospitals should not be
    allowed to have children.
    - 3. The best way to handle patients in
    mental hospitals is to restrict their X / 4 2
    activity as much as possible.
    + 4. Many patients in mental hospitals
    develop normal, healthy relationships / X 3 2
    with staff members.
    + 5. There should be an expanded
    effort to get the mentally ill out of / X 5 1
    institutional settings and back to their
    communities.
    6. Because the mentally ill cannot be
    - trusted, they should be kept under X / 5 2
    constant guard.
    TOTAL SCORE 26 11

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