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  • Title: [The German version of the Community-Attitudes-Toward-the-Mentally-Ill (CAMI) inventory].
    Author: Angermeyer MC, Heiss S, Kirschenhofer S, Ladinser E, Löffler W, Schulze B, Swiridoff M.
    Journal: Psychiatr Prax; 2003 May; 30(4):202-6. PubMed ID: 12768525.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: The German version of the Community Attitudes toward the Mentally Ill (CAMI) inventory developed by Taylor and Dear (1981) is presented. METHOD: The questionnaire was applied in a mail survey which was conducted in 3 small towns in Germany. RESULTS: At the item level surprisingly positive attitudes toward people with mental illness were found. The factor analysis with the 40 Likert-scaled items yielded 4 dimensions (exclusion, integration, benevolence, social control) which account for 46 % of the total variance. As in previous studies, age had a negative effect and the level of education a positive effect on public attitudes, while the gender of the respondents had only a small effect. Familiarity with mental illness did not have an effect as important as in previous studies. CONCLUSION: There is a close correspondence between the German version and the original version of the CAMI-inventory.
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