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Exploring the association between campus climate for mental health and help-seeking attitudes: A mediated-moderated
Rebecca Lautenschlager1, Anne Zhou1
1Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Objective:
This study examined the relationship between campus climate for mental health and the mental health help-seeking attitudes of university-aged students through the mediation paths of help-seeking beliefs (self-stigma and outcome beliefs). The moderating role of university belonging was also examined.
Methods:
The sample included 23,202 university students, with data collected from the 2022-2023 Healthy Minds Study. Hypotheses were investigated using PLS-SEM.
Results:
Findings indicated that campus climate for mental health was significantly associated with the help-seeking attitudes of university-aged students and that this relationship was partially mediated by self-stigma and outcome beliefs. University belonging significantly moderated the pathways between campus climate for mental health and the help-seeking beliefs constructs.
Conclusions:
This study highlights the influence perceived climate may have on the mental health help-seeking attitudes of university students, as well as the intensifying role of university belonging in constructing help-seeking belief systems. Strengths, limitations, and implications are discussed.
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