Table 3. Attitudes toward mental health apps.
| Variable | Do you think mental health apps have an evidence base? | Do you think a mental health app could possibly improve your academic performance, if you were experiencing a mental health condition? | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | Maybe/I don’t know/No | N | P | Yes | Unsure/No | N | P | ||
| Gender | – | – | |||||||
| Male | 12.6 | 87.4 | 264 | 20.0 | 80.0 | 177 | |||
| Female | 14.2 | 85.8 | 444 | 16.0 | 84.0 | 380 | |||
| Race/ethnicity | – | – | |||||||
| White | 13.5 | 86.5 | 494 | 17.8 | 82.2 | 384 | |||
| Non-White | 12.9 | 87.1 | 220 | 18.0 | 82.0 | 179 | |||
| Age | – | 0.02 | |||||||
| 18-22 | 14.0 | 86.0 | 454 | 20.1 | 79.9 | 365 | |||
| 23+ | 11.7 | 88.4 | 266 | 13.2 | 86.8 | 203 | |||
| Student type | – | 0.04 | |||||||
| Undergraduate | 13.6 | 86.4 | 441 | 19.4 | 80.6 | 358 | |||
| Graduate | 12.4 | 87.6 | 260 | 11.8 | 88.2 | 198 | |||
| Mental health screen | – | – | |||||||
| Positive | 13.1 | 86.9 | 299 | 17.7 | 82.3 | 249 | |||
| Negative | 13.2 | 86.8 | 421 | 17.7 | 82.3 | 319 | |||
| Previous mental health diagnosis | – | – | |||||||
| Yes | 15.4 | 84.6 | 224 | 14.6 | 85.4 | 193 | |||
| No | 13.2 | 86.8 | 458 | 18.9 | 81.1 | 348 | |||
| Received mental health Services in past 12 months | – | – | |||||||
| Yes | 14.4 | 85.6 | 187 | 13.7 | 86.3 | 163 | |||
| No | 12.8 | 87.2 | 532 | 19.0 | 81.0 | 404 | |||
Refer to Table S1 for question display criteria and operationalization of variables. Table percentages are of the weighted sample.