心理障碍学生的应对机制:在Busitema大学的Mbale和Busia校区进行的探索性定性研究
Enid Kawala Kagoya1, Joseph Mpagi2, Paul Waako3
1Department of Community Health, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda.
PLOS global public health
|January 3, 2025
概括
乌干达有精神障碍的大学生采用各种各样的应对策略,包括吸毒和寻求支持. 了解这些机制对于改善学生心理健康结果至关重要.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 心理健康 心理健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 乌干达的大学生面临高水平的精神障碍,影响学术和社会生活.
- 在乌干达大学,本科生中精神障碍的患病率高达60%.
- 有效的应对机制对于减轻高等教育中心理健康挑战的不利影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究布西特马大学被诊断患有精神障碍的大学生所使用的应对机制.
- 确定面临心理健康问题的学生所采用的适应性和不适应性应对策略.
- 为旨在支持乌干达高等教育学生心理健康的干预提供信息.
主要方法:
- 通过使用"迷你国际神经精神病学访谈"对被诊断患有精神障碍的学生进行了42次关键信息者访谈.
- 采用了结构化的采访协议和数据处理的主题分析.
- 使用NVivo软件进行高效的编码和主题组织.
主要成果:
- 确定了应对策略的六个主要主题:酒精和物质使用,镇静剂的使用,社会和个人倡议,寻求咨询服务,戒断和对抗以及信仰治疗.
- 观察了各种各样的子主题,包括物质使用,戒断,对抗,巫术,课外活动,堕胎和寻求心理社会支持.
- 研究结果强调了一系列由学生发起和可能受到大学影响的应对行为.
结论:
- 乌干达的大学生在应对精神障碍时,利用了一系列的应对策略,有些有益,有些有害.
- 对这些应对机制的全面理解对于开发有针对性的心理健康干预措施至关重要.
- 加强有效的策略和解决有害的策略可以显著改善大学生的心理健康结果.
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