Intercorrelations of Factor Scores from the Opinions about Mental Illness Scale

Abstract

The Opinions About Mental Illness Scale (OMI) was administered to 157 psychiatrists, residents, nurses, and aides from an urban, short-term psychiatric hospital. The 5 factor scores of the scale were intercorrelated; correlations were higher among factors and, in some cases, in different direction, than previous studies have reported. Differences among occupational groups were also found. Caution should be exercised in generalizing about relationships among OMI factors from one sample to another.