Predicting intentions to seek help for depression among undergraduates in Sri Lanka
BMC Psychiatry, 2018 Background Studies have found that although there are high rates of depression among university students, their help-seeking practices are poor. It is important to identify students who are less likely to seek the necessary help, to encourage better help-
Santushi D. Amarasuriya +2 more
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Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2023 Background: Students and workers have been subjected to increased levels of psychological distress due to the quarantine policy and containment measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Takashi Yamauchi +3 more
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A multilevel model of the help-seeking behaviors among adolescents with mental health problems
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2022 Objective:Mental health problems are highly prevalent among adolescents yet the utilization of mental health services among such a population is very low. This study was conducted to examine mental health problems and related help-seeking behaviors among
Mei Zhao, Mi Hu
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International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2019 Background Depression in healthy person without cardiac disease has been associated with the development of coronary artery disease and cardiovascular disease also risk factor for development of depression.
Asmare Belete +2 more
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"I could easily get professional help if I wanted to": Professional help-seeking intentions and the Theory of planned behaviour [PDF]
Psihologija, 2022 This study used path analysis to evaluate the ability of the Theory of planned behaviour to predict professional help-seeking intentions in an adult community sample (N = 470, 51% female, age range: 18–64 years).
Naumova Katerina
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Barriers for Seeking Psychological Help for Mental Health Disorders: A sample of Undergraduate Students in Sri Lanka [PDF]
International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics, 2017 Stigma associated with mental illness is identified as a potential barrier for seeking psychological help for mental health disorders. The purpose of this study is to assess the perceived barriers and supporting factors and to find out the strategies to ...
Wijerathnage Chandrasekara
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Developing Adaptive Help-Seeking Regulation Mechanisms for Different Help-Seeking Tendencies
Educational Technology & Society, 2021 Help-seeking is an important self-regulated learning strategy and skill for effective learning. Studies have found that some students have poor help-seeking behaviors and that this leads to poor learning performance.
Chih-Yueh Chou, Chun-Ho Chang
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Factors of Seeking Professional Psychological Help by the Bereaved by Suicide
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 BackgroundStudies show that people bereaved by suicide often feel a strong need for professional help. It is hypothesized that aspects related to suicide bereavement, such as stigmatization, shame or guilt, hinder help-seeking process of the bereaved ...
Odeta Geležėlytė +6 more
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Preferred sources of help for mental health problems among Chilean adolescents: a descriptive study
Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México, 2021 Background: A timely search for professional help regarding mental health issues in adolescents is critical in preventing severe disorders. However, adolescents generally tend not to seek help.
Cecilia Olivari +4 more
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Psycho-demographic predictors of psychological help-seeking behaviour of undergraduates [PDF]
International Journal of Development and Sustainability, 2013 The present study examined locus of control, self-esteem and gender as factors of professional psychological help-seeking behaviour of undergraduates. The study adopted an ex-post facto descriptive survey research design, and a total of 325 Participants ...
Oladipo S.E. , Oyenuga, T.O.
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