在大多数墨西哥裔美国人大学生样本中寻求帮助的意图
Linda E Guzman1, Ana J Bridges2, Dulce E Díaz Benitez2
1Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. Linda_Guzman@brown.edu.
Journal of immigrant and minority health
|July 3, 2024
概括
同文化化对拉丁裔学生寻求抑郁症心理健康服务的意图产生积极影响,这种意图通过感知到的好处和减少的障碍来调解. 这种理解可以改善移民社区的抑郁症治疗机会.
科学领域:
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 文化心理学 文化心理学
- 高等教育研究 高等教育研究
背景情况:
- 在农村,移民服务机构的拉丁裔学生中,对融入文化对心理健康服务寻求抑郁症的影响的研究有限.
- 了解影响寻求帮助的心理健康因素对于解决抑郁症治疗机会差异至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查拉丁裔学生中是否适应文化预测了受益,障碍和寻求抑郁症心理健康服务的意图.
- 确定潜在的干预点,以改善抑郁症治疗的准入.
主要方法:
- 路径分析被用来评估归纳状态和寻求抑郁症服务的意图之间的关系,感知到的好处和障碍是调解者.
- 收集了406名拉丁裔学生的数据,这些学生使用了简报,自我报告测量抑郁症症状,人口统计,文化和心理健康服务寻求态度.
主要成果:
- 更高的感知效益和更低的感知障碍直接与寻求抑郁症心理健康服务的意图增加有关.
- 同文化间接影响到寻求帮助的意图,通过增加寻求护理的感知好处.
- 这些关联在控制年龄,性别,抑郁症严重程度和先前寻求帮助的历史后仍然很重要.
结论:
- 融合文化在塑造拉丁裔学生对抑郁症寻求帮助的心理健康意图方面发挥着重要作用,特别是通过感知到的好处.
- 大学应该考虑有针对性的宣传,以告知学生心理健康服务的可用性,可访问性和程序.
- 未来的研究应该在主要移民社区的不同学生群体中探索这些发现.
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