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Are psychotherapist trainees more willing to seeking psychological help than average college students? The roles of mental health literacy and self-stigma
Author(s)
Date Issued
2019
Publisher
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Shue Yan University
Description
60 pages
Type
Thesis
Programme
Master of Social Sciences in Counselling Psychology
Abstract
This study aimed to compare college students majoring in psychotherapy related
fields and college students majoring in other fields in terms of their attitudes toward
seeking psychological help, mental health literacy, and self-stigma. Comparisons
were also made regarding the patterns of relationships between the three variables.
A cross-sectional design was adopted. The results showed that psychotherapist
trainees had higher levels of mental health literacy than college students of other
majors, but no significant differences were found in help-seeking attitudes and self-stigma. For both groups of students, mental health literacy and self-stigma were
significant predictors of help-seeking attitudes. Content analysis was conducted to
find out the factors which influenced students’ decision to seek psychological help
other than the ones investigated in the questionnaire. Implications to counsellor
training and enhancing college students’ help-seeking in general were discussed.
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