Skip to main content

Table 7 Association between attitudes towards seeking professional psychological help and sociodemographic characteristics

From: Factors influencing the attitudes of young Sri Lankan-Australians towards seeking mental healthcare: a national online survey

 

Openness

Value and Need

 

ß

95% CI

p-value

ß

95% CI

p-value

SLsl

-0.119

-0.324- 0.066

0.193

0.057

-0.151- 0.295

0.525

Age

0.058

-0.017- 0.038

0.452

0.024

-0.027- 0.037

0.754

Female

0.200

0.094- 0.362

0.001

0.199

0.110- 0.417

0.001

University Education

-0.042

-0.278- 0.130

0.477

-0.019

-0.274- 0.195

0.740

Single, Unmarried

0.047

-0.121- 0.258

0.477

0.036

-0.158- 0.277

0.590

Living at Home, with Parents

-0.104

-0.300- 0.067

0.213

-0.056

-0.283- 0.137

0.495

Unemployed

0.100

-0.278- 0.513

0.559

-0.047

-0.517- 0.389

0.782

Employed

0.065

-0.313- 0.462

0.706

0.023

-0.414- 0.474

0.894

Student

-0.108

-0.297- 0.035

0.122

-0.048

-0.258- 0.123

0.484

Father University Education

0.040

-0.095- 0.182

0.534

0.144

0.026- 0.343

0.023

Mother University Education

0.097

-0.032- 0.248

0.129

-0.016

-0.181- 0.140

0.804

MEIM-R

0.144

0.013- 0.194

0.025

0.014

-0.092- 0.115

0.825

Number of Years in Australia

0.048

-0.010- 0.016

0.654

0.305

0.007- 0.038

0.004

Language Spoken at Home

0.011

-0.064- 0.076

0.861

0.001

-0.080- 0.081

0.992

Association with Sri Lankan Groups in the Community

-0.081

-0.228- 0.046

0.191

-0.037

-0.206- 0.108

0.541

  1. N = 306, MEIM-R Multi-Ethnic Identity Measure-Revised, SLsl Sri Lankan Young Adults born in Sri Lanka, Numbers in bold indicate significant results. The openness and value subscales belong to the ATSPPH-SF. Refer to methods section to see comparators of variables. Adjusted r squared value: Openness scale = 0.057, value scale = 0.080