Do depression literacy, mental illness beliefs and stigma influence mental health help-seeking attitude? A cross-sectional study of secondary school and university students from B40 households in Malaysia

Table 3 t-test analysis of education level on the variables

Variables	M	F	t	df	p
Depression Literacy
Secondary school’s student	4.67	.004	−3.22	200	.001
University’s student	5.56
General Help Seeking Attitude
Secondary school’s student	84.72	.816	−.71	200	.482
University’s student	86.13
Mental Help Seeking Attitude
Secondary school’s student	48.08	7.34	−1.88	186.61	.062
University’s student	50.39
Self-Stigma of Seeking Help
Secondary school’s student	26.96	1.080	3.016	200	.003
University’s student	24.87
Negative Belief toward Mental Illness
Secondary school’s student	62.37	.318	5.64	200	.000
University’s student	53.27

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