Table 4.

Ethnic group differences in the association between beliefs about stress and help seeking behaviour.

	Meaning of stress and reason for help-seeking behaviour
	Mood symptoms		Specific somatic symptoms		Non-specific somatic symptoms		Social symptoms
Ethnic group	r	P-value	r	P-value	r	P-value	r	P-value
Black Caribbean	0.147	0.12	0.16	0.09	0.18	0.55	0.25	0.005
Black African	0.40	0.02	0.10	0.55	0.20	0.24	0.27	0.10
White British	0.34	0.0001	0.30	0.0001	0.24	0.0003	0.29	0.0001