TABLE 1.
Baseline characteristics of the sample (n = 390).
| Mean | SD | |
| Age | ||
| (Range: 18–31) | 22.3 | 2.3 |
| Gender | n | % |
| Female | 235 | 60.3 |
| Male | 155 | 39.7 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Chinese | 323 | 82.8 |
| Malay | 12 | 3.1 |
| Indian | 37 | 9.5 |
| Others | 18 | 4.6 |
| Year of study | ||
| Year 1 | 130 | 33.3 |
| Year 2 | 97 | 24.9 |
| Year 3 | 79 | 20.3 |
| Year 4 | 84 | 21.5 |
| Course of study | ||
| STEM | 228 | 58.5 |
| Non-STEM | 160 | 41.2 |
| Close friends or family member who has a mental illness | ||
| Yes | 166 | 42.6 |
| No | 224 | 57.4 |
| Past experience within the mental health field | ||
| Yes | 86 | 22.2 |
| No | 301 | 77.8 |
STEM: science, technology, engineering, and math.