Table 2 Quantity and Quality of Social Contact (those who met someone with/without mental health problems [MHP])
People with MHP a (n = 102) n (%) | People w/o MHP (n = 65) n (%) | Fisher’s Exact Test (p-value) | |
|---|---|---|---|
1. How did you know the person you met did/did not have a mental health problem | |||
They told me | 38 (42.2) | 26 (44.8) | 0.42 |
Someone else told me | 2 (2.2) | 5 (8.6) | 0.08 |
I made an assumption | 29 (32.2) | 13 (22.4) | 0.15 |
Other | 21 (23.3) | 14 (24.1) | 0.52 |
b2. Presence of facilitating conditionsc (agree strongly) | |||
Equal Status | 35 (36.5) | 15 (31.3) | 0.08 |
Common Goals | 43 (42.2) | 26 (40.0) | 0.46 |
Intergroup cooperation | 45 (44.1) | 28 (43.1) | 0.52 |
Friendship potential | 23 (22.6) | 8 (12.3) | 0.07 |
3. How long did you speak with the individual you met? (asked at follow-up) | |||
Less than 1 minute | 6 (15.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0.17 |
1–5 minutes | 18 (47.4) | 5 (41.7) | 0.32 |
5–10 minutes | 5 (13.2) | 3 (25.0) | 0.50 |
10+ minutes | 9 (23.7) | 4 (33.3) | 0.38 |
4. How well do you remember your conversation? (asked at follow-up) | |||
Very well | 10 (26.3) | 8 (66.7) | *0.01 |
A little bit | 18 (47.4) | 4 (33.3) | 0.30 |
Do not remember | 10 (26.3) | 0 (0.0) | *0.05 |
5. Actions since event (asked at follow-up) | |||
Talked with others about event | 5 (8.2) | 2 (9.1) | 0.68 |
Visited website | 29 (47.5) | 10 (45.5) | 0.16 |
Joined Pledge | 10 (16.4) | 4 (18.2) | 0.54 |
Facebook/twitter | 11 (18.0) | 2 (9.1) | 0.30 |
None | 11 (28.9) | 2 (20.0) | 0.33 |