Table 6: Medical Students’ Perceived Influence of Media on their Attitudes Toward Mental Illness before Psychiatry Clerkship (1 = the Least, 7 = the Most)

Statistic Media Mean Sth. Deviation Median Mode
Movies 4.16 2.77 4.0 7.0
TV/Radio educational programs 3.35 2.39 3.0 1.0
Newspapers /Magazines 3.28 2.16 3.0 1.0
TV/Radio NEWS 3.04 2.21 3.0 1.0
Other books 3.01 2.41 2.0 1.0
Novels 2.80 2.20 2.0 1.0
Radio stories 2.46 2.22 1.5 1.0