Students' Self-Reports of Help-Seeking: The Impact of Psychological Problems, Stress, and Demographic Variables on Utilization of Formal and Informal Support

Abstract

Undergraduates (N = 248) at a private, midsize, Mi dwestern university provided selfreports of their psychological problems, stress, demographic variables, and people to whom they talked when they had problems. Three patter ns of psychological problems emerged: internalized distress, alcohol abus e, and dy sfunctional eating. N either levels of psychological problems nor stress had much of a relationship to self-reported talking, although internalized distress predicted talking to a counselor. Gender, international student status, ethnicity, full-time versus part-ti me status, and major predicted talking to help sources. Females acknowledged talking more frequently, but genders showed the same preferences for help sources. The results raise i ssues of helping students, particularly those with alcohol ab use or eating problems, thr ough either ar enas or personnel whi ch are nontraditional.

A study of the effect of personality on the moods of young adult learners

“…10 Another point to ponder about is that medical health professionals have significantly higher amounts of stress, anxiety and depression which is a genuine cause for concern since the mood of the health care givers affects the treatment outcome given to patients. 11 In yet another study, researchers found evidence of higher neuroticism levels among female high achievers which is in not the case in this study. 12 One plausible explanation which puts neurotic individuals at risk maybe due to a link mediating their high reactive responses to daily stressors and high negative affect while people who are more conscientious who form the second highest personality trait in our study population are protected from stress by means of their personality.…”

Le soutien social peut-il protéger les hommes de la tentative de suicide ?

“…La demande d'aide étant définie comme « toute communication à propos d'un problème ou d'un événement préoccu-pant visant à obtenir du support, des avis ou de l'assistance en cas de détresse » (Dulac, 1997, 18), nos résultats tendent à appuyer l'hypothèse selon laquelle la réticence à demander de l'aide accroît le risque de poser un geste suicidaire chez les hommes. Cette attitude étant beaucoup plus courante chez les hommes que chez les femmes (Ashton et Fuehrer, 1993 ;Nadler et al, 1984 ;Oliver et al, 1999 ;Rickwood et Braithwaite, 1994), il est possible qu'elle contribue à expliquer la prévalence plus élevée de décès par suicide chez les hommes.…”

“…En général, les hommes disposent de moins de soutien social que les femmes, particulièrement dans sa forme émotive (Burda et al, 1984 ;Julien et al, 2000 ;Olson et Schulz, 1994 ;Stokes et Wilson, 1984 ;Turner, 1994). Ils sont d'ailleurs plus réticents que les femmes à demander du soutien aux membres de leur entourage (Ashton et Fuehrer, 1993 ;Nadler et al, 1984 ;Oliver et al, 1999 ;Rickwood et Braithwaite, 1994). Quelques études suggèrent également que les hommes entretiennent une dépendance plus grande à l'endroit de leur partenaire amoureux dans la satisfaction de leurs besoins émotifs que les femmes (Antonnuci et Akimaya, 1987 ;Gerstel, 1988 ;Turner, 1994).…”

Predictors of Mental Health Service Use by Young Adults: A Systematic Review

“…First, data related to any association between service use and a sociodemographic or psychological variable were extracted from each study. Second, Pearson's r (26,49-51) and 2 3 2 frequency tables (52,53) were converted to ORs by using Wilson's effect size calculator (54). Most studies directly provided OR estimates, necessitating few conversions.…”