大学学生寻求帮助的意图与福祉结果之间的关系
Melinda McCabe1,2, Michelle Byrne1,2, Judith Gullifer1,2
1Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
Frontiers in psychiatry
|July 22, 2024
概括
大学学生经常与心理健康作斗争,但更喜欢寻求朋友和家人的支持. 这项研究确定了寻求帮助的五个因素,发现个人关系是心理健康支持的最喜欢的来源.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 高等教育研究 高等教育研究
背景情况:
- 大学学生面临着重大的心理健康挑战,包括心理健康和诊断不佳的更高风险.
- 尽管可以获得心理健康资源和支持服务,但学生对寻求专业帮助的意图很低.
- 人们更倾向于寻求朋友和父母等个人联系人的支持,而不是正式的服务.
研究的目的:
- 为了探索与他们的福祉有关的大学生寻求帮助的意图.
- 识别寻求帮助行为和来源的不同分组.
- 检查各种福利水平 (有风险,低,正常到高) 中寻求帮助意图的差异.
主要方法:
- 在一个子样本 (N=178) 上进行探索性因子分析 (EFA),然后在一个更大的样本 (N=1597) 上进行确认性因子分析 (CFA).
- 确定了寻求帮助的五个关键因素:亲密伴侣,个人关系,外部卫生服务,大学卫生服务以及数字和远程专业人员.
- 共同变量的多变量分析 (MANCOVA) 评估了幸福群体 (N=1500) 寻求帮助的意图.
主要成果:
- 确定了五个不同的寻求帮助的因素,反映了寻求支持的不同偏好.
- 对大多数因素而言,幸福群体在寻求帮助的意图中发现了显著的差异,尽管影响规模很小.
- 幸福感正常至高的学生始终表现出更高的寻求帮助的意图,而不是那些处于危险状态或幸福感低的学生.
- 个人关系 (朋友,父母) 成为所有福利水平中最喜欢寻求帮助的来源.
结论:
- 个人关系是大学生心理健康支持的容易获取和高度利用的资源.
- 虽然认可了专业和数字服务,但非正式的支持网络仍然对学生心理健康至关重要.
- 利用个人支持系统的有针对性的干预措施可以增强大学人口的心理健康寻求帮助的行为.
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