Table 4.
Conversational partners (intervention group).
Conversational partner | Frequency (n=68), n (%)a | Significant moderators |
Friends | 43 (63) | Sexual assault subscore: viewers who reported knowing a survivor spoke to their friends more than those who did not know a survivor (Fisher exact test, P=.047) |
Parents | 32 (47) | Depression subscore: Viewers who reported feeling down, depressed, irritable, or hopeless spoke to their parents less (B=–0.923, SE 0.373; df=1; Exp (B)=0.397; P=.01) |
Partner or boyfriend or girlfriend | 9 (13) | N/Ab |
Sibling | 13 (19) | N/A |
Other family members | 7 (10) | Race or ethnicity: Black and mixed-race participants reported speaking more to other family members (χ24=13.8; P=.008) |
Teacher | 5 (7) | N/A |
School counselor | 2 (3) | N/A |
Mental health professional or someone at a mental health resource hotline | 1 (2)c | N/A |
No one | 8 (12) | N/A |
aThe question was “With whom did you discuss 13 Reasons Why and issues related to the show after watching?” Frequency numbers represent those who checked this response item. Differences were tested by age, gender, race, sexual orientation, depression, and answers to questions about sexual assault.
bN/A: not applicable.
cThis respondent reported feeling depressed nearly every day.