title: [The German version of the Community-Attitudes-Toward-the-Mentally-Ill (CAMI) inventory].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The German version of the Community Attitudes toward the Mentally Ill (CAMI) inventory developed by Taylor and Dear (1981) is presented.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a close correspondence between the German version and the original version of the CAMI-inventory.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie am Universitätsklinikum Leipzig.
authors.forename: Matthias C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Angermeyer
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heiss
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kirschenhofer
authors.forename: Edwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ladinser
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Löffler
authors.forename: Beate
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schulze
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Swiridoff
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001290:Attitude; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011639:Public Opinion; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors