Table 2.

Willingness of help seeking and the frequency of using Close Friends by respondents’ background characteristics (n=1676).^a

Variables		Gender										School bandings											Suicide-related experiencesb
		Male, n/N (%)			Female, n/N (%)		Chi-square (df)		P value		Band 1, n/N (%)			Band 2, n/N (%)		Band 3, n/N (%)		Chi-square (df)		P value		Group 1, n/N (%)			Group 2, n/N (%)		Group 3, n/N (%)		Chi-square (df)		P value
Online help-seeking willingness		67/597 (11.2)			105/660 (15.9)		5.8 (1)		.02		32/345 (9.3)			71/421 (16.9)		70/501 (14.0)		9.3 (2)		.009		117/964 (12.1)			48/247 (19.4)		6/39 (15.4)		9.0 (2)		.01
Peer-oriented help-seeking willingness		450/597 (75.4)			555/659 (84.1)		15.3 (1)		<.001		278/345 (80.6)			340/420 (81.0)		392/501 (78.2)		1.2 (2)		.54		788/963 (81.8)			178/247 (72.1)		30/39 (76.9)		11.8 (2)		.003
Frequency of Close Friends use							60.2 (3)		<.001									12.9 (6)		.04									6.4 (6)		.38
	Never		295/802 (36.8)	181/826 (21.9)						110/437 (25.2)			182/574 (31.7)		191/635 (30.1)						349/1205 (29.0)			100/349 (28.7)		20/60 (33.3)
	Seldom		210/802 (26.2)	194/826 (23.5)						97/437 (22.2)			145/574 (25.3)		167/635 (26.3)						315/1205 (26.1)			77/349 (22.1)		12/60 (20.0)
	Sometimes		200/802 (24.9)	288/826 (34.9)						144/437 (33.0)			162/574 (28.2)		186/635 (29.3)						362/1205 (30.0)			110/349 (31.5)		15/60 (25.0)
	Often		97/802 (12.1)	163/826 (19.7)						86/437 (19.7)			85/574 (14.8)		91/635 (14.3)						179/1205 (14.9)			62/349 (17.8)		13/60 (21.7)

^aPearson chi-square tests were used to analyze the data.

^bThe 3 groups were divided for suicidality based on reported suicide-related experiences: group 1 includes those who had no SI, group 2 includes those had SI, and group 3 includes those who had attempted suicide.