Table 3 Responses to the item of attitude subscales among Aykel town residents, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2015 (n = 832)
Items | Strongly disagree | Disagree | Undecided | Agree | Strongly agree | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freq | % | Freq | % | Freq | % | Freq | % | Freq | % | |
If you believed that you were having a depression, your first inclination would be to get treatment of depression | 38 | 4.6 | 160 | 19.2 | 124 | 14.9 | 349 | 41.9 | 161 | 19.4 |
The idea of talking about problems with a professional strikes me as a poor way to get rid of emotional conflicts | 114 | 13.7 | 285 | 34.3 | 106 | 12.7 | 225 | 27.0 | 102 | 12.3 |
If you were experiencing a serious depression at this point in your life, you would be confident that you could find relief in professional | 20 | 2.4 | 57 | 6.9 | 138 | 16.6 | 390 | 46.9 | 227 | 27.3 |
There is something admirable in the attitude of a person who is willing to cope with his or her conflicts and fears without resorting to professional help | 25 | 3.0 | 84 | 10.1 | 61 | 7.3 | 367 | 44.1 | 295 | 35.5 |
You would want to get psychological help if you were worried or upset for a long period of time | 14 | 1.7 | 23 | 2.8 | 37 | 4.4 | 469 | 56.4 | 289 | 34.7 |
You might want to have professional help in the future | 15 | 1.8 | 72 | 8.7 | 135 | 16.2 | 401 | 48.2 | 209 | 25.1 |
A person with an emotional problem is not likely to solve it alone; he or she is likely to solve it with professional help | 13 | 1.6 | 33 | 4.0 | 46 | 5.5 | 408 | 49.0 | 332 | 39.9 |
Considering the time and expense involved in professional help, it would have doubtful value for a person like you | 235 | 28.2 | 365 | 43.9 | 70 | 8.4 | 103 | 12.4 | 59 | 7.1 |
A person should work out his or her own problems; getting professional help would be a last resort | 63 | 7.6 | 152 | 18.3 | 99 | 11.9 | 351 | 42.2 | 167 | 20.1 |
Depression, like many things, tend to work out by themselves | 84 | 10.1 | 189 | 22.7 | 177 | 21.3 | 251 | 30.2 | 131 | 15.7 |