Department of Social Sciences.
Department of Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University.
Psychol Serv. 2017 Nov;14(4):524-530. doi: 10.1037/ser0000146.
This study examined the impact of therapy fears, ethnicity identity, and spirituality on the use of mental health service among Latino college students. Participants were 83 Latino college students (78% female) recruited from a university in Central Texas. Analyses of the results indicated that previous mental health services use was negatively correlated with spirituality. Previous use of mental health services was positively correlated with participants' views that their ethnic community and religious affiliation did not influence their decisions to seek services. Additionally, ethnic identity was positively correlated with spirituality. Furthermore, participants' views that their ethnic community did not influence their decisions to seek services were correlated with religious affiliation. Therapy fears were positively correlated with participants' views that their ethnic community and religious affiliation did not influence their decisions to seek services. MANOVA analyses indicated that only spirituality (not therapy fears or ethnic identity) significantly impacted Latino college students' decisions to seek counseling services. Finally, regression analyses indicated that spiritual meaning and religious affiliation predicts service use. Implications for research and practice in college counseling centers are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record
本研究考察了治疗恐惧、种族认同和灵性对拉丁裔大学生心理健康服务使用的影响。参与者是从德克萨斯州中部一所大学招募的 83 名拉丁裔大学生（78%为女性）。分析结果表明，以前使用心理健康服务与灵性呈负相关。以前使用心理健康服务与参与者认为他们的族裔社区和宗教信仰不会影响他们寻求服务的决定呈正相关。此外，种族认同与灵性呈正相关。此外，参与者认为他们的族裔社区不会影响他们寻求服务的决定与宗教信仰有关。治疗恐惧与参与者认为他们的族裔社区和宗教信仰不会影响他们寻求服务的决定呈正相关。MANOVA 分析表明，只有灵性（而非治疗恐惧或种族认同）显著影响拉丁裔大学生寻求咨询服务的决定。最后，回归分析表明，精神意义和宗教信仰预测服务的使用。讨论了对大学咨询中心的研究和实践的影响。（PsycINFO 数据库记录）
