Predictors of help-seeking intentions among Filipino college students
Students’ mental health has been a pressing concern among universities given that a lot of mental illnesses first onset during college period. Unfortunately, seeking help for mental illness has been a problem among college students. Mental illnesses are real medical problems that need the attention...
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Animo Repository
2020
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| Online Access: | https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/13104 |
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| Institution: | De La Salle University |
| Summary: | Students’ mental health has been a pressing concern among universities given that a lot of mental illnesses first onset during college period. Unfortunately, seeking help for mental illness has been a problem among college students. Mental illnesses are real medical problems that need the attention of medical experts. Delaying treatment can cause symptoms to worsen and may result to grave consequences in one’s life. Previous studies have identified several factors that are associated with students’ poor help-seeking behavior. In an attempt to understand the underlying elements that influence Filipino college students’ help-seeking intentions for mental illness, 797 freshmen students (46% of them are male and 53.6% are female) were recruited from different colleges in a private university in Manila. Data was gathered through an online survey. Binary logistic regression revealed that three out of several factors that were included in the study were able to predict students’ intentions to seek or not to seek help. These were ‘weak-not-sick stigma’, belief that the ‘use of drugs to relax’ is helpful for a mentally ill and belief that mental illness is ‘not inherited or genetic’. Implications and recommendations are discussed. |
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