107 5 DISCLOSURE IN THE MILITARY - A QUANTITATIVE STUDY Table 1. Continued Military personnel with MHI Military personnel without MHI Disclosure N=245 Nondisclosure N=79 Total N=324 Disclosure intention N=467 Nondisclosure intention N=87 Total N=554 N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) Work related context Type of work Operational work 188 (76.7) 67 (84.8) 255 (78.7) 258 (55.3) 50 (57.5) 308 (55.6) Military branch Marine 20 (8.2) 2 (2.5) 22 (6.8) 75 (16.1) 16 (18.4) 91 (16.4) Army 119 (48.6) 47 (59.5) 166 (51.2) 196 (42.0) 40 (46.0) 236 (42.6) Air-force 69 (28.2) 15 (19.0) 84 (25.9) 120 (25.7) 15 (17.2) 135 (24.4) Military-police 16 (6.5) 4 (5.1) 20 (6.2) 21 (4.5) 5 (5.7) 26 (4.7) Staff 20 (8.2) 11 (13.9) 31 (9.6) 53 (11.3) 11 (12.6) 64 (11.6) Other 1 (.4) 0 (0.0) 1 (.3) 2 (.4) 0 (0.0) 2 (.4) Ranks Military personnel 29 (11.8) 15 (19.0) 44 (13.6) 26 (5.6) 8 (9.2) 34 (6.1) Non-commissioned officers 132 (53.9) 33 (41.8) 165 (50.9) 225 (48.2) 32 (36.8) 257 (46.4) Officers 84 (34.3) 31 (39.2) 115 (35.5) 216 (46.3) 47 (54.0) 263 (47.5) Years of service (M (SD)) Years 22.25 (9.08) 21.42 (9.92) 22.05 (9.28) 22.20 (9.62) 20.11 (9.98) 21.86 (9.70) Mental health related context Past or current (self-reported) MHI Past MHI 194 (79.2) 62 (78.5) 256 (79.0) N/A N/A N/A MHI work related Yes 167 (68.2) 48 (60.8) 215 (66.4) N/A N/A N/A Severity of symptoms Mean severity (M, SD) 7.38 (1.87) 6.01 (2.07) 7.05 (2.01) N/A N/A N/A Note: Military personnel with MHI were asked about their type of work and rank at the time their MHI started. Beliefs, attitudes, and needs regarding (non-)disclosure to a supervisor Regarding beliefs and attitudes pro non-disclosure, personnel preferred to solve their own problems (73.8%with(w/)MHI, 65.2% (without(w/o)MHI)) and preferred privacy (58.3%w/MHI, 59.2%w/oMHI). There were also high stigma related concerns, with personnel reporting they saw (would see) themselves as weak due to MHI (52.5%w/ MHI, 26.4%w/oMHI), had concerns about negative career consequences (35.2%w/ MHI, 24.4%w/oMHI) and fear of social rejection (33.0%w/MHI, 20.6%w/oMHI). Only a minority reported that their supervisor had negative attitudes towards MHI (9.3%w/ MHI, 4.9%w/oMHI).
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