Table 3 Table representing means, standard deviations (SD) (shown as mean ± standard deviation) and p-values for each school and year group comparison (p < 0.05) *Year 4 NTU maps to Year 5 Imperial; Year 5 NTU maps to Year 6 Imperial
|  | Average Score (Mean ± Standard Deviation) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall Score (Range: 15–75) | Subscale 1 Attitudes to Mental Illness (Range: 6–30) | Subscale 2 Attitudes to Help-Seeking (Range: 4–20) | Subscale 3 Attitudes to Social Distance (Range: 5–25) | |||||||||
Imperial | NTU | p-value | Imperial | NTU | p-value | Imperial | NTU | p-value | Imperial | NTU | p-value | |
Overall (n = 352) | 31.5 ± 6.5 | 32.0 ± 5.8 | 0.242 | 11.4 ± 3.2 | 12.6 ± 3.4 | 0.003 | 12.0 ± 3.1 | 12.6 ± 2.8 | 0.078 | 7.08 ± 2.4 | 8.37 ± 2.4 |  < 0.00001 |
Year 1 (n = 75) | 30.3 ± 5.4 | 32.6 ± 6.9 | 0.160 | 11.3 ± 3.4 | 12.0 ± 4.3 | 0.444 | 12 ± 2.8 | 12.8 ± 3.0 | 0.287 | 7.08 ± 2.0 | 7.76 ± 2.3 | 0.226 |
Year 2 (n = 100) | 32.0 ± 6.7 | 31.8 ± 6.2 | 0.620 | 11.8 ± 2.8 | 12.4 ± 3.3 | 0.418 | 12.4 ± 3.1 | 12.8 ± 3.1 | 0.555 | 7.41 ± 2.7 | 8.20 ± 2.1 | 0.019 |
Year 3 (n = 48) | 31.9 ± 6.5 | 32.3 ± 6.2 | 0.820 | 10.8 ± 3.5 | 12.5 ± 3.7 | 0.271 | 11.3 ± 3.5 | 13.2 ± 2.5 | 0.044 | 6.86 ± 2.5 | 9.05 ± 2.8 | 0.012 |
Intercalators (Imperial only: n = 22) | 33.9 ± 5.3 | N/A | N/A | 12.1 ± 2.6 | N/A | N/A | 12.0 ± 2.6 | N/A | N/A | 6.77 ± 2.3 | N/A | N/A |
Year 5/4 (n = 52) | 32.2 ± 6.9 | 33.3 ± 5.5 | 0.520 | 10.9 ± 2.9 | 13.0 ± 2.4 | 0.004 | 12.3 ± 3.7 | 12.1 ± 2.3 | 0.522 | 6.76 ± 2.4 | 8.25 ± 2.9 | 0.016 |
Year 6/5 (n = 50) | 29.8 ± 8.2 | 29.9 ± 8.2 | 0.720 | 11.2 ± 3.6 | 13.6 ± 2.8 | 0.011 | 11.6 ± 2.8 | 12.1 ± 2.4 | 0.522 | 7.27 ± 2.5 | 9.05 ± 2.3 | 0.078 |