第一代大学生希望通过辅导改变:一项比较研究
Theodore T Bartholomew1,2, Candace Tsai1, Lizbeth Valdivia-Jauregui3
1Department of Psychology, Scripps College, Claremont, CA, USA.
Cogent mental health
|November 20, 2025
概括
第一代大学生面临心理健康服务的障碍. 尽管他们对咨询有着相似的希望和态度,但他们使用的服务却比同龄人少,这凸显了对有针对性的支持的需要.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 高等教育研究 高等教育研究
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 第一代大学生是美国高等教育中日益增长的人口.
- 这一群人往往会经历更多的心理痛苦和更低的校园心理健康服务的利用率.
- 现有的文献发现了诸如不熟悉机构,归属问题和财务困难等障碍.
研究的目的:
- 调查与下一代学生相比,第一代大学生对辅导服务的利用不足.
- 探索希望对辅导的作用,作为服务利用的潜在因素.
- 检查第一代大学生对寻求帮助和耻辱的态度.
主要方法:
- 这项定量研究涉及来自两个高等教育机构的518名参与者 (312名第一代大学生).
- 数据收集包括对寻求帮助的态度,寻求帮助的耻辱感,咨询的希望和心理压力的措施.
- 第一代和下一代大学生之间的比较分析.
主要成果:
- 在第一代和下一代学生之间,在咨询的希望,寻求帮助的耻辱感或寻求帮助的一般态度方面没有发现显著差异.
- 第一代大学生报告说,他们目前使用咨询服务的比例明显较低.
- 心理压力水平在提供的抽象摘要中没有详细说明.
结论:
- 第一代大学生对辅导服务的使用不足并不能由希望降低或对寻求帮助的负面态度来解释.
- 尽管在寻求帮助方面有相似的心理特征,但第一代学生使用服务较少,这表明存在系统或上下文障碍.
- 需要进一步的研究和有针对性的支持策略,以解决第一代大学生的服务利用差距.
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