Mental health literacy and help-giving responses of Irish primary school teachers

Figures & data

Table 1. Descriptive details for, and correlations between, key variables.

	M (SD)	Achieved range	Gender (ref ‘female’)	Years of teaching experience	Exposure to mental illness	Ability to identify GAD	Ability to identify depression	Concern for child	Confidence	Help
Gender (ref ‘female’)	16.3% male	83.1% female	1	−0.034	−0.053	.026	.072	.137**	−0.075	−0.009
Years of experience	14.09 (10.71)	1–45 years	−0.059	1	−0.078	.008	−.006	−0.055	0.190**	−0.059
Exposure	6.26 (2.25)	1–9	−0.064	−0.078	1	.071	.123*	0.100*	0.068	0.079
Identify GAD	11.8% incorrect	88.2% correct	.026	.008	.071	1	.038	.072	−.023	−.020
Identify depression	28.7% incorrect	71.3% correct	.072	−.006	.123*	.038	1	.214**	−.057	−.029
Concern	3.77 (0.35)	2–4	0.137**	−0.055	0.100*	.072	.214**	1	−0.074	0.159**
Confidence	3.64 (0.82)	2–5	−0.078	0.190**	0.068	−.023	−.057	−0.074	1	0.348**
Help	4.47 (0.73)	1–5	−0.009	−0.059	0.079	−.020	−.029	0.159**	0.348**	1

**p < .01.

*p < .05.

Table 2. Coefficients table of predictors of teachers’ concern in multiple regression model.

	Unstandardised coefficients		Standardised coefficients	t	Sig.
	B	Std. error	Β
Gender (ref ‘female’)	0.128	0.049	0.137	2.590	0.010*
Years of teaching experience	−0.001	0.002	−0.036	−0.683	0.495
Previous exposure	0.018	0.008	0.113	2.134	0.034*

Dependent variable: teachers’ concern.

**p < .01.

*p < .05.

Table 3. Coefficients table of predictors of teachers’ likelihood to help in multiple regression model.

	Unstandardised coefficients		Standardised coefficients	t	Sig.
	B	Std. error	β
Gender (ref ‘female’)	−0.059	0.098	0.030	−0.600	0.549
Years of teaching experience	−0.008	0.003	−0.120	−2.388	0.017*
Previous exposure	0.009	0.016	0.028	0.558	0.577
Concern	0.380	0.105	0.180	3.618	0.000*
Confidence	0.339	0.045	0.397	7.552	0.000*

Dependent variable: likelihood to help.

**p < .01.

*p < .05.