TPC Journal-Vol 10- Issue 1

The Professional Counselor | Volume 10, Issue 1 5 student mental health, a 2 X 2 (gender X help-seeking history) MANOVA was computed to investigate demographic differences in faculty members’ responses to encountering a student in mental distress (research question #2). The independent variables included gender (male or female) and help-seeking history (previous attendance in counseling or no previous attendance in counseling). Discriminant analysis was used as the post hoc procedure for significant findings in the MANOVA (Warne, 2014). The researcher examined both main effects and interaction effects and applied Bonferroni adjustments to control for the familywise error rate. Results CFA The researcher ensured that the data set met the necessary assumptions for CFA (Byrne, 2016; Field, 2018). A missing values analysis revealed that less than 5% of data was missing for all MDRS items. Little’s Missing Completely at Random (MCAR) test revealed that the data was missing at random: χ 2 (387) = 407.98, p = 0.22. Expectation maximization was used to impute missing values. Outliers were winsorized (Field, 2018) and skewness and kurtosis values for the MDRS items (see Table 1) were largely consistent with a normal distribution (+ 1; Mvududu & Sink, 2013). Inter-item correlations between the 10 items were favorable for CFA, and Mahalanobis d 2 indices revealed no extreme multivariate outliers. The researcher ensured that the sample size was sufficient for CFA by following the guidelines provided by Mvududu and Sink (2013), including at least 10 participants per estimated parameter with a sample > 200. Table 1 Descriptive Statistics for MDRS Items Item Content M SD Skew Kurtosis 1. I would stay away from this person 49.83 9.46 1.11 0.22 2. Suggest that they go to the health center on campus 50.15 9.48 -0.60 -0.08 3. Try to ignore your concern 49.74 9.08 1.07 1.08 4. Take them to a party 49.21 3.11 0.70 0.81 5. Tell them to “tough it out” because they will feel better over time 49.73 8.94 1.32 1.26 6. Suggest that they see a medical doctor on campus 50.00 9.98 -0.24 -0.06 7. Avoid this person 49.70 9.02 1.80 1.33 8. Suggest that they see a medical doctor in the community 50.00 9.98 -0.49 -0.10 9. Warn the person that others are likely to see their mental health issues as a weakness 49.31 7.14 1.90 1.59 10. Talk to a counselor about your concern 50.00 9.97 -0.83 0.15 SE Kurtosis = 0.15, SE Skewness = 0.17. Note . Values were winsorized and reported as standardized t- scores ( M = 50; SD = 10). The 10 MDRS items (see Table 1) were entered in the CFA. A strong model fit emerged based on the GFI recommended by Byrne (2016) and Hooper et al. (2008). The CMIN absolute fit index demonstrated no significant differences between the hypothesized model and the data: χ 2 (34) = 42.41, p = 0.15, CMIN/ df