Juvenile Protective Association, 1707 N Halsted, Chicago, IL 60614, USA.
Adm Policy Ment Health. 2013 Sep;40(5):371-83. doi: 10.1007/s10488-012-0429-5.
A cross-sectional qualitative descriptive design was used to examine the links among expectations about, experiences with, and intentions toward mental health services. Individual face-to-face interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 32 African American youth/mothers dyads. Content analysis revealed that positive expectations were linked to positive experiences and intentions, that negative expectations were not consistently linked to negative experiences or intentions, nor were ambivalent expectations linked to ambivalent experiences or intentions. Youth were concerned about privacy breeches and mothers about the harmfulness of psychotropic medication. Addressing these concerns may promote African Americans' engagement in mental health services.
本研究采用横断面定性描述设计，旨在探讨对心理健康服务的期望、体验与意向之间的关系。通过目的抽样选取了 32 对非裔美国青少年/母亲，对其进行个体面对面访谈。内容分析显示，积极的期望与积极的体验和意向相关，消极的期望与消极的体验或意向并不相关，矛盾的期望也与矛盾的体验或意向不相关。青少年担心隐私泄露，母亲则担心精神类药物的危害性。解决这些顾虑可能有助于促进非裔美国人接受心理健康服务。
