Suicide literacy, suicide stigma, and help-seeking attitudes among men in a university setting in Ireland
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Men in university settings with lower suicide literacy, higher stigma, and negative help-seeking attitudes often face challenges related to mental health and masculine norms. Culturally sensitive programs are needed to improve suicide awareness and support for male students.
Area Of Science
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Sociology
Background
- Suicide remains a significant concern among men, particularly in university settings.
- Understanding factors influencing suicide literacy, stigma, and help-seeking is crucial for targeted interventions.
- Conformity to masculine norms may impact men's willingness to seek help and their attitudes towards suicide.
Purpose Of The Study
- To explore the relationship between sociodemographic, mental health, knowledge, attitudinal, and conformity to masculine norms variables with suicide literacy, suicide stigma, and help-seeking attitudes among men in a university.
- To identify predictors of suicide literacy, stigma, and help-seeking attitudes in this population.
Main Methods
- Cross-sectional study involving 471 male university students in Ireland.
- Multiple linear regression with backward elimination was employed to analyze the associations.
Main Results
- Lower suicide literacy was linked to ethnic minority background, rural living, postgraduate status, lower resilience, and greater stigma.
- Higher suicide stigma was associated with non-ethnic minority background, certain academic departments, lower literacy, and specific masculine norms.
- Negative help-seeking attitudes correlated with depression, anxiety, higher suicide risk, lower literacy, greater stigma, and adherence to various masculine norms.
Conclusions
- Findings underscore the need for gender-responsive psychoeducational programs to enhance suicide literacy, reduce stigma, and improve help-seeking attitudes among male university students.
- Interventions should be co-produced with ethnic minority and rural-dwelling men to ensure cultural sensitivity and acceptability.
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