Results of the principal component analysis with varimax rotation for Social Tolerance Scale
| Factor and scale item | Loadings | |
| 1: Social distance | 2: Social responsibility | |
| I would be upset if someone with a mental illness always sat next to me in class. | 0.79 | |
| I would not be close friends with someone I knew had a mental illness. | 0.78 | |
| I would try to avoid someone with a mental illness. | 0.77 | |
| If I knew someone had a mental illness I would not date them. | 0.74 | |
| I would not want to be taught by a teacher who had been treated for a mental illness. | 0.61 | |
| I would not mind it if someone with a mental illness lived next door to me. | 0.51 | |
| I would stick up for someone who had a mental illness if they were being teased. | 0.81 | |
| I would tell a teacher if a student was being bullied because of their mental illness. | 0.80 | |
| I would tutor a classmate who got behind in their studies because of their mental illness. | 0.70 | |
| I would visit a classmate in hospital if they had a mental illness. | 0.58 | |
| I would volunteer my time to work in a programme for people with a mental illness. | 0.50 | |
| Eigen values | 3.28 | 2.58 |
| % of variance | 29.85 | 23.49 |