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Liat Ayalon1, Michael A Young

  • 1Institute of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA. liata@lppi.ucsf.edu

The Journal of Social Psychology
|July 30, 2005
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Black college students utilized religious services more than White students, while using psychological services less. Beliefs in God and symptom attribution explained religious help-seeking, but not psychological service use.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Help-seeking behaviors vary across racial groups.
  • Understanding these differences is crucial for equitable mental healthcare access.
  • Cognitive-affective factors may influence these variations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine differences in psychological, social, and religious help-seeking between Black and White college students.
  • To investigate the mediating role of cognitive-affective variables in these help-seeking behaviors.
  • To inform culturally sensitive mental health service delivery.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study involving 70 Black and 66 White community college students.
  • Utilized the SCL-90-R, Revised Multidimensional Health Locus of Control, Symptom Interpretation Questionnaire, and a help-seeking behavior measure.

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  • Collected demographic information to control for potential confounders.

    • Main Results:

    • Black students used significantly fewer psychological/social services compared to White students.
    • Black students used significantly more religious services than White students.
    • Beliefs in God and symptom attributions partially explained religious help-seeking differences; cognitive-affective variables did not explain psychological help-seeking differences.

    Conclusions:

    • Cultural factors, specifically religious beliefs and symptom interpretation, influence help-seeking among Black college students.
    • Existing mental health services may not adequately meet the needs of Black college students.
    • Collaboration between mental health and religious services is recommended to improve care for this population.