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. 2022 Nov 25;43(4):670–684. doi: 10.1057/s41271-022-00379-1

Table 2.

Distribution of averages of mental health knowledge, stigma behavior, willingness to seek help from mental health professional for personal and emotional problem and willingness to seek help from a mental health professional for suicidal ideation among 269 participants

Ethnicity and depression symptom scores Mental health knowledge Stigma behavior Mental health service use for personal problems Mental health service use for suicidal ideation
Average SD p-Value Average SD p-Value Average SD p-Value Average SD p-Value
African American—high depression, n = 145 17.2 3.8 0.127 12.2 3.2 0.036* 3.1 1.5 0.508 2.9 1.5 0.695
African American—low depression, n = 58 16.5 3.7 13.1 3.5 3.3 1.4 3.1 1.4
Black immigrant—high depression, n = 34 17.5 2.9 11.4 2.5 3.1 1.6 3.0 1.8
Black immigrant—low depression, n = 32 15.8 2.0 11.4 3.4 2.8 1.5 3.2 1.4

p-values for differences in mean scores using ANOVA and Chi-square for categorical variables. We defined Low depression as minimal to mild depression (0–9) and high depression as moderate to severe and severe depression (10–27). Statistically significant values (p < 0.05)*