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Table 4 Bivariate analyses (t-test or F-test) of explanatory variables and knowledge mean sum scores regarding depression and schizophrenia (N = 222–225)

From: Mental health literacy in an educational elite – an online survey among university students

  

Sample

Depression

Schizophrenia

  

N1 (%)

True symptoms2

False symptoms3

True symptoms2

False symptoms3

Sex

Men

105 (47.3%)

8.2

3.4

5.9

2.6

 

Women

117 (52.7%)

8.6

3.4

6.5

2.3

 

p

 

.007

.903

.059

.122

Age-group

-24

147 (65.9%)

8.4

3.4

6.1

2.3

 

25–29

57 (25.6%)

8.5

3.5

6.5

2.6

 

30+

19 (8.5%)

8.4

3.9

7.0

2.7

 

p

 

.917

.183

.163

.312

Faculty

Law

37 (16.4%)

8.7

3.3

6.0

2.5

 

Economics

46 (20.4%)

8.2

3.2

5.7

2.0

 

Medical school

15 (6.7%)

9.0

3.1

8.2

1.7

 

Natural sciences4

18 (8.0%)

8.3

3.3

6.0

2.4

 

Philosophy / arts5

109 (48.4%)

8.3

3.4

5.7

2.4

 

Psychology

28 (12.4%)

8.6

4.5

8.4

3.4

 

p

 

.081

.000

.000

.000

Previous interest in this subject

yes

105 (46.7%)

8.6

3.6

7.2

2.6

 

no

122 (53.3%)

8.3

3.4

5.5

2.3

 

p

 

.026

.221

.000

.029

Side job related to mental disorders

yes

33 (14.7%)

9.0

3.5

8.1

2.7

 

no

192 (84.6%)

8.3

3.4

5.9

2.4

 

p

 

.003

.631

.000

.198

Self-experience of mental illness

yes

133 (58.6%)

8.5

3.6

6.5

2.4

 

no

92 (40.5%)

8.3

3.3

5.9

2.5

 

p

 

.386

.078

.070

.675

Own treatment experience due to mental problems

yes

44 (19.4%)

8.6

3.8

7.3

2.7

 

no

192 (79.7%)

8.4

3.4

6.0

2.4

 

p

 

.254

.042

.001

.069

Knowledge about mental disorders

yes

122 (53.7%)

8.4

3.7

6.8

2.6

 

no

103 (45.4%)

8.4

3.1

5.7

2.2

 

p

 

.957

.000

.001

.037

  1. 1 Varying sample sizes due to missing values
  2. 2 True symptoms: mean sum score about the recognition of the items that are part of the diagnostic criteria of depression or schizophrenia, respectively
  3. 3 False symptoms: mean sum score about the recognition of the items that are not part of the diagnostic criteria of depression or schizophrenia, respectively. A high false negative symptoms score reflects greater mental health literacy.
  4. 4 6 students in veterinary medicine included
  5. 5 1 student in theology included