Table 2.

Cognitive–behavioural predictors and their association with positive mental health attitudes, according to participant group

	Accident and emergency		Ambulance		Police
	b [s.e.]	β	b [s.e.]	Β	b [s.e.]	β
(Constant)	3.74 [0.15]		4.25 [0.16]		4.10 [0.12]
Demographics
Age	0.00 [0.00]	0.04	−0.01 [0.00]	−0.10*	0.00 [0.00]	0.03
Gender (female, 0; male, 1)	−0.16 [0.05]	−0.13**	−0.09 [0.04]	−0.09*	−0.01 [0.03]	−0.11***
Educational level	0.06 [0.02]	0.12**	0.04 [0.02]	0.07	0.03 [0.02]	0.06*
Experience and exposure
Personal experience	0.03 [0.01]	0.14**	0.01 [0.01]	0.03	0.03 [0.00]	0.15***
Professional training	0.01 [0.01]	0.04	−0.01 [0.01]	−0.03	0.00 [0.00]	0.01
Confidence	−0.01 [0.02]	−0.04	−0.01 [0.02	−0.02	−0.00 [0.01]	−0.01
Current contact	0.05 [0.02]	0.11**	0.10 [0.02]	0.27***	0.03 [0.01]	0.06†
Attribution Questionnaire
Fear	−0.19 [0.02]	−0.50***	−0.25 [0.02]	−0.52***	−0.24 [0.01	−0.54***
Sympathy	0.08 [0.01]	0.27***	0.08 [0.01]	0.22***	0.06 [0.01]	0.19***

^*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, ^†P = 0.058.