Table 2.
Associations between race-ethnicity and attitudes toward mental health treatment seeking among respondents to the National Comorbidity Survey Replication
| Attitude query and group | Positive response
|
Negative response
|
Crude ORa | 95% CI | Adjusted ORb | 95% CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | |||||
| If you had a serious emotional problem, would you … go for professional help?c | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic white (reference) | 3,459 | 84 | 656 | 16 | — | — | — | — |
| African American | 577 | 87 | 89 | 13 | 1.23 | .97–1.56 | 1.36 | 1.06–1.75 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 507 | 81 | 122 | 20 | .79 | .64–.98 | .92 | .73–1.15 |
| How comfortable would you feel talking about personal problems with a professional?d | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic white (reference) | 3,292 | 80 | 814 | 20 | — | — | — | — |
| African American | 503 | 76 | 162 | 24 | .77 | .63–.93 | .86 | .70–1.05 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 494 | 79 | 133 | 21 | .92 | .75–1.13 | 1.08 | .86–1.34 |
| How embarrassed would you be if your friends knew you were getting professional help for an emotional problem?d | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic white (reference) | 1,417 | 35 | 2,696 | 66 | — | — | — | — |
| African American | 189 | 29 | 474 | 71 | 1.32 | 1.10–1.58 | 1.29 | 1.06–1.56 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 187 | 30 | 439 | 70 | 1.23 | 1.03–1.48 | 1.20 | .99–1.45 |
a
Crude, unadjusted odds ratio
b
Adjusted for education, employment, and income
c
A positive response to this item included “definitely go” and “probably go” responses; a negative response to this item included “probably not go” and “definitely not go” responses.
d
A positive response to this item included “very” and “somewhat” responses; a negative response to this item included “not very” and “not at all” responses.