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I am Mak Shuk Mei, a psychology student from Polyu SPEED doing final year project. This questionnaire aims to investigate the relationship between attitude towards movies and attitude towards mental illness and it is used for educational purpose only.
 
 
 
Purpose of the study: The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship between attitude towards movies and attitudes towards mental illness in Hong Kong young adults.   

Procedures: You will be invited to complete a questionnaire. The questionnaire will take 10 to 15 minutes to complete.   

Confidentiality: All the information collected will be kept completely confidential. It will be used for research purpose only. The data will be anonymized and identified by only in subject code.   

Participation and Withdrawal: Your participation is voluntary. You can withdraw at any time without negative consequences. No risk would be involved.   

Questions and Concerns: For any enquires, please contact the researcher OR the advisor to the study listed below:   

Ms Mak Shuk Mei 

School of Professional Education and Executive Development, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 

BSSc (HON) in Psychology 

[email protected]   

Dr. Samantha Fung 

[email protected]   

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The following section contains statements related to movies. Relate your agreement with the following statements. (1 indicates a strong disagreement with the statement while 5 indicates strong agreement with the statement.)
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
1. The movies occupy time that should be spent in more wholesome recreation (healthy entertainment).
2. I am tired of the movies; I have seen too many poor ones.
3. The movies are the best civilizing device ever developed.
4. Movies are the most important cause of crime.
5. Movies are all right but a few of them give the rest a bad name.
6. I like to see movies once in a while but they do disappoint you sometimes.
7. I think the movies are fairly interesting.
8. Movies are just a harmless pastime.
9. The movies to me are just a way to kill time.
10. The influence of the movies is decidedly for good.
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
11. The movies are good, clean entertainment.
12. Movies increase one's appreciation of beauty.
13. I'd never miss (concern about) the movies if we didn't have them.
14. Sometimes I feel that the movies are desirable and sometimes I doubt it.
15. It is a sin to go to the movies.
16. There would be very little progress without the movies.
17. The movies are the most vital form of art today.
18. A movie is the best entertainment that can be obtained cheaply.
19. A movie once in a while is a good thing for everybody.
20. The movies are one of the few things I can enjoy by myself.
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
21. Going to the movies is a foolish way to spend your money.
22. Moving pictures bore me.
23. As they now exist movies are wholly bad for children.
24. Such an injurious influence as the movies is bound to weaken the moral fiber of those who attend.
25. As a protest against movies we should pledge ourselves never to attend them.
26. The movies are the most important single influence for evil.
27. The movies are the most powerful influence for good in life.
28. I would go to the movies more often if I were sure of finding something good.
29. If I had my choice of anything I wanted to do, I would go to the movies.
30. The pleasure people get from the movies just about balances the harm they do.
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
31. I don't find much that is educational in the current films.
32. The information that you obtain from the movies is of little value.
33. Movies are a bad habit.
34. I like the movies as they are because I go to be entertained, not educated.
35. On the whole the movies are pretty decent.
36. The movies are undermining respect for authority.
37. I like to see other people enjoy the movies whether I enjoy them myself or not.
38. The movies are to blame for the prevalence of sex offences.
39. The movie is one of the great educational institutions for common people.
40. Young people are learning to smoke, drink from the movies.
 
 
The following section contains statements related to mental illness. Relate your agreement with the following statements. (1 indicates a strong disagreement with the statement while 5 indicates strong agreement with the statement.)
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
41. One of the main causes of mental illness is a lack of self-discipline and will power.
42. The best way to handle the mentally ill is to keep them behind locked doors.
43. There is something about the mentally ill that makes it easy to tell them from normal people.
44. As soon as a person shows signs of mental disturbance, he should be hospitalized.
45. Mental patients need the same kind of control and discipline as a young child.
46. Mental illness is an illness like any other.
47. The mentally ill should not be treated as outcasts of society.
48. Less emphasis should be placed on protecting the public from the mentally ill.
49. Mental hospitals are an outdated means of treating the mentally ill.
50. Virtually anyone can become mentally ill.
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
51. The mentally ill have for too long been the subject of ridicule.
52. More tax money should be spent on the care and treatment of the mentally ill.
53. We need to adopt a far more tolerant attitude toward the mentally ill in our society.
54. Our mental hospitals seem more like prisons than like places where the mentally ill can be cared for.
55. We have a responsibility to provide the best possible care for the mentally ill.
56. The mentally ill don't deserve our sympathy.
57. The mentally ill are a burden on society.
58. Increased spending on mental health services is a waste of tax dollars.
59. There are sufficient existing services for the mentally.
60. It is best to avoid anyone who has mental problems.
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
61. The mentally ill should not be given any responsibility.
62. The mentally ill should be isolated from the rest of the community.
63. A woman would be foolish to marry a man who has suffered from mental illness, even though he seems fully recovered.
64. I would not want to live next door to someone who has been mentally ill.
65. Anyone with a history of mental problems should be excluded from taking public office.
66. The mentally ill should not be denied their individual rights.
67. Mental patients should be encouraged to assume the responsibilities of normal life.
68. No one has the right to exclude the mentally ill from their neighborhood.
69. The mentally ill are far less of a danger than most people suppose.
70. Most women who were once patients in a mental hospital can be trusted as babysitters.
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
71. Residents should accept the location of mental health facilities in their neighborhood to serve the needs of the local community.
72. The best therapy for many mental patients is to be part of a normal community.
73. As far as possible, mental health services should be provided through community based facilities.
74. Locating mental health services in residential neighborhoods does not endanger local residents.
75. Residents have nothing to fear from people coming into their neighborhood to obtain mental health services.
76. Mental health facilities should be kept out of residential neighborhoods.
77. Local residents have good reason to resist the location of mental health services in their neighborhood.
78. Having mental patients living within residential neighborhoods might be good therapy but the risks to residents are too great.
79. It is frightening to think of people with mental problems living in residential neighborhoods.
80. Locating mental health facilities in a residential area downgrades the neighborhood.
 
 
 
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