Table 2.
Quantity and Quality of Social Contact (those who met someone with/without mental health problems [MHP])
| People with MHP a (n = 102) n (%) | People w/o MHP (n = 65) n (%) | Fisher’s Exact Test (p-value) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. How did you know the person you met did/did not have a mental health problem | |||
| They told me |
38 (42.2) |
26 (44.8) |
0.42 |
| Someone else told me |
2 (2.2) |
5 (8.6) |
0.08 |
| I made an assumption |
29 (32.2) |
13 (22.4) |
0.15 |
| Other |
21 (23.3) |
14 (24.1) |
0.52 |
|
b2. Presence of facilitating conditionsc (agree strongly) | |||
| Equal Status |
35 (36.5) |
15 (31.3) |
0.08 |
| Common Goals |
43 (42.2) |
26 (40.0) |
0.46 |
| Intergroup cooperation |
45 (44.1) |
28 (43.1) |
0.52 |
| Friendship potential |
23 (22.6) |
8 (12.3) |
0.07 |
| 3. How long did you speak with the individual you met? (asked at follow-up) | |||
| Less than 1 minute |
6 (15.8) |
0 (0.0) |
0.17 |
| 1–5 minutes |
18 (47.4) |
5 (41.7) |
0.32 |
| 5–10 minutes |
5 (13.2) |
3 (25.0) |
0.50 |
| 10+ minutes |
9 (23.7) |
4 (33.3) |
0.38 |
| 4. How well do you remember your conversation? (asked at follow-up) | |||
| Very well |
10 (26.3) |
8 (66.7) |
*0.01 |
| A little bit |
18 (47.4) |
4 (33.3) |
0.30 |
| Do not remember |
10 (26.3) |
0 (0.0) |
*0.05 |
| 5. Actions since event (asked at follow-up) | |||
| Talked with others about event |
5 (8.2) |
2 (9.1) |
0.68 |
| Visited website |
29 (47.5) |
10 (45.5) |
0.16 |
| Joined Pledge |
10 (16.4) |
4 (18.2) |
0.54 |
| Facebook/twitter |
11 (18.0) |
2 (9.1) |
0.30 |
| None | 11 (28.9) | 2 (20.0) | 0.33 |
a 102 people with mental health problems and 65 without mental health problems answered questions 1 and 2. The sample size was lower for questions 3–5 (n = 61 for people with mental health problems and n = 22 for people without mental health problems)
b can tick more than one
a facilitating social contact conditions refer tothe specific conditions theorised by Allport and Pettigrew as being associated with optimal social contact.
* p <0.05