Hines-Martin Vicki P, Usui Wayne, Kim Sanggil, Furr Allen
School of Nursing, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA.
J Natl Black Nurses Assoc. 2004 Dec;15(2):17-22.
The purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes toward mental health service (MHS) use within a sample of African-American and White adults (N = 739) and to identify correlates associated with those expressed attitudes. African-Americans (n = 132) and Whites (n = 607) were interviewed using the Louisville Metropolitan Survey that included the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale. Findings from this study indicated that responses regarding seeking mental health services were positively correlated with educational attainment and gender In addition, further findings also suggested that while race was significantly associated with attitudes toward seeking mental health services, it was also associated with prior familiarity with mental health services African-Americans reported both less willingness to seek mental health services and less familiarity with mental health services. The unexpected finding of the association between familiarity and attitudes toward mental health services use has value in furthering scientific inquiry. Investigation into the role of familiarity with mental health services and the decision-making process leading to mental health services use in diverse populations holds potential.
本研究的目的是调查非裔美国人和白人成年人样本（N = 739）对使用心理健康服务（MHS）的态度，并确定与这些表达的态度相关的因素。使用包含寻求专业心理帮助态度量表的路易斯维尔都会调查对非裔美国人（n = 132）和白人（n = 607）进行了访谈。本研究结果表明，关于寻求心理健康服务的回答与教育程度和性别呈正相关。此外，进一步的研究结果还表明，虽然种族与寻求心理健康服务的态度显著相关，但它也与先前对心理健康服务的熟悉程度相关。非裔美国人报告说，他们寻求心理健康服务的意愿较低，对心理健康服务的熟悉程度也较低。熟悉程度与使用心理健康服务的态度之间的意外关联这一发现对推进科学探究具有价值。调查对心理健康服务的熟悉程度以及导致不同人群使用心理健康服务的决策过程的作用具有潜力。
