Segmented Versus Traditional Crisis Intervention Team Training

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Table 1

Participant Characteristics, Knowledge, Attitudes

Characteristic	Traditional (n = 47)	Segmented (n = 32)
Male, n (%)	37 (78.72)	28 (87.50)
Race, n (%)
White	31 (65.96)	18 (56.25)
African American/Other	16 (34.04)	14 (43.75)
Age (M ± SD)	37.45 ± 10.54	38.44 ± 7.77
Marital status, n (%)
Married^***	36 (76.60)	15 (46.88)
Single	11 (23.40)	17 (53.13)
Education, n (%)
Less than high school	3 (6.38)	2 (6.25)
High school	8 (17.02)	11 (34.38)
Some college	20 (42.55)	12 (37.50)
College degree	12 (25.53)	5 (15.63)
Graduate school	4 (8.51)	2 (6.25)
Law enforcement experience and agency size, n (M ± SD)
Police officers in agency^*	95.32 ± 104.00	37.22 ± 19.22
Years of experience	9.59 ± 7.83	11.09 ± 6.20
Mental health encounters, n (M ± SD)
Prior month	4.93 ± 8.66	7.38 ± 17.84
Prior 6 months	25.77 ± 45.14	32.06 ± 105.75
Family/friend with mental illness (Y/N)	26 (55.32)	19 (59.38)
Scale scores (M ± SD)
Knowledge
Before training	10.96 ± 1.73	10.53 ± 1.87
After training	12.17 ± 1.58^*	11.94 ± 1.78^*
Dangerousness
Before training	34.30 ± 7.34	36.59 ± 8.98
After training	34.70 ± 9.18	36.23 ± 6.68
Social distance
Before training	16.64 ± 4.01	18.26 ± 3.43
After training	18.87 ± 3.96^*	19.52 ± 4.52
MHASP
Before training	112.77 ± 15.47	118.74 ± 13.10
Before training	111.27 ± 20.35	117.00 ± 13.89
CIT experiences
Volunteered for CIT training (Y/N)^**	30 (63.83)	10 (31.25)
CIT training satisfaction (M ± SD)	28.20 ± 7.06	28.43 ± 6.23

Data were missing for race for one observation. Data were missing for one respondent for family/friend with mental illness.
↵* p < .05;
↵** p < .01;
↵*** p < .001.