Skip to main content

Table 4 Responses to the depression and alcohol misuse vignettes

From: Australian adolescents’ beliefs and help-seeking intentions towards peers experiencing symptoms of depression and alcohol misuse

Depression (Sarah)

n

%

Alcohol misuse (Samuel)

n

%

Depression

1472

59.7%

Alcohol/drug problem

1287

52.3%

Other mental health condition

97

3.9%

Other mental health condition

222

9.0%

Non-clinical mood/behavioural descriptors

325

13.2%

Lack of knowledge/poor decision making

71

2.9%

Alcohol/drugs

76

3.1%

Poor coping/problem management

165

6.7%

Negative experience trigger

258

10.4%

Peer/social context

151

6.1%

Physical health problem

15

0.6%

Negative experience trigger

121

4.9%

Don’t know/unable to identify a problem

133

5.4%

Don’t know/unable to identify a problem

214

8.7%

Nothing/it’s normal/just adolescence

34

1.4%

Nothing/it’s normal/just adolescence

109

4.4%

Weak/lazy

11

0.4%

Weak/stupid/attention-seeking

41

1.7%

Missing

43

1.6%

Missing

82

3.3%