Table 2 Means and standard deviations for attitudes toward suicide and suicide prevention by group and gender
From: Attitudes toward suicide among college students in South Korea and the United States
Male | Female | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group | N | Mean | SD | N | Mean | SD | |
Permissiveness | Non-Koreans in US | 79 | 3.34 | .860 | 140 | 3.25 | .884 |
Koreans in US | 20 | 3.26 | .909 | 24 | 3.76 | .754 | |
Koreans in Korea | 30 | 3.78 | .958 | 68 | 3.60 | .774 | |
Unpredictability | Non-Koreans in US | 79 | 3.59 | .683 | 140 | 3.56 | .749 |
Koreans in US | 20 | 3.43 | .712 | 24 | 3.52 | .801 | |
Koreans in Korea | 30 | 3.27 | 1.03 | 68 | 3.19 | .707 | |
Incomprehensibility | Non-Koreans in US | 79 | 3.46 | .674 | 140 | 3.55 | .685 |
Koreans in US | 20 | 3.31 | .888 | 24 | 3.56 | .650 | |
Koreans in Korea | 30 | 3.52 | .741 | 68 | 3.49 | .772 | |
Noncommunication | Non-Koreans in US | 79 | 2.59 | .746 | 140 | 2.67 | .704 |
Koreans in US | 20 | 2.85 | .829 | 24 | 2.85 | .972 | |
Koreans in Korea | 30 | 2.62 | .652 | 68 | 2.38 | .697 | |
Right to Prevent | Non-Koreans in US | 79 | 2.27 | .816 | 140 | 2.11 | .784 |
Koreans in US | 20 | 2.33 | .878 | 24 | 1.71 | .570 | |
Koreans in Korea | 30 | 1.75 | .598 | 68 | 1.61 | .510 | |
Preventability | Non-Koreans in US | 79 | 2.20 | .745 | 140 | 2.33 | .747 |
Koreans in US | 20 | 1.85 | .745 | 24 | 1.94 | .712 | |
Koreans in Korea | 30 | 2.12 | .715 | 68 | 2.14 | .615 | |
Relation-Caused | Non-Koreans in US | 79 | 3.47 | .769 | 140 | 3.53 | .780 |
Koreans in US | 20 | 3.70 | .750 | 24 | 3.58 | .670 | |
Koreans in Korea | 30 | 3.67 | .802 | 68 | 3.26 | .725 | |
Duration of Suicidal Process | Non-Koreans in US | 79 | 3.08 | .544 | 140 | 3.06 | .520 |
Koreans in US | 20 | 2.82 | .567 | 24 | 2.88 | .535 | |
Koreans in Korea | 30 | 3.03 | .596 | 68 | 3.16 | .627 | |