Seyfi Feyza, Poudel Krishna C, Yasuoka Junko, Otsuka Keiko, Jimba Masamine
Department of Public Health, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 316 Arnold House, 715 North Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003-9304, USA.
BMC Res Notes. 2013 Dec 6;6:519. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-519.
Depression rates are high among college students in Turkey, but often students do not seek mental health care. This study aimed to examine the association between attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help and intention to seek professional psychological help among such college students. We also examined the factors associated with students' professional psychological help-seeking attitudes. We conducted this cross-sectional study among 456 conveniently sampled graduate and undergraduate students in Ankara. We collected students' data using self-administered, structured questionnaires in the Turkish language and then analyzed the data using both descriptive and multivariate methods.
In the multiple linear regression analyses, students' attitudes towards seeking professional psychological help were positively associated with intention to seek such help (p < 0.001). Other factors positively associated with students' attitudes towards seeking professional psychological help included the following: age (p < 0.001), perceived social support from family (p < 0.05), perceived social support from friends (p < 0.01), and perceived social support from significant other (p < 0.05). Students with less positive attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help were more likely to be men (p < 0.001), undergraduate students (p < 0.001), and students who were not aware of the presence of the on-campus counseling center (p < 0.01).
Students' positive attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help were positively associated with their intentions to seek such help. To encourage utilization of the counseling center inside the campus more frequently when in need, interventions might be necessary to improve students' attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help-in particular among young male students.
土耳其大学生的抑郁症发病率较高，但学生们往往不寻求心理健康护理。本研究旨在探讨这类大学生对寻求专业心理帮助的态度与寻求专业心理帮助的意愿之间的关联。我们还研究了与学生寻求专业心理帮助态度相关的因素。我们在安卡拉对456名方便抽样的研究生和本科生进行了这项横断面研究。我们使用土耳其语的自填式结构化问卷收集学生的数据，然后使用描述性和多变量方法对数据进行分析。
在多元线性回归分析中，学生对寻求专业心理帮助的态度与寻求此类帮助的意愿呈正相关（p < 0.001）。与学生对寻求专业心理帮助的态度呈正相关的其他因素包括：年龄（p < 0.001）、感知到的来自家庭的社会支持（p < 0.05）、感知到的来自朋友的社会支持（p < 0.01）以及感知到的来自重要他人的社会支持（p < 0.05）。对寻求专业心理帮助态度不太积极的学生更可能是男性（p < 0.001）、本科生（p < 0.001）以及不知道校园咨询中心存在的学生（p < 0.01）。
学生对寻求专业心理帮助的积极态度与他们寻求此类帮助的意愿呈正相关。为了鼓励有需要时更频繁地利用校园内的咨询中心，可能需要采取干预措施来改善学生对寻求专业心理帮助的态度，尤其是在年轻男性学生中。
