军事人员和退伍军人的求助行为：心理健康污名和领导力的作用。
Military and Veteran help-seeking behaviors: Role of mental health stigma and leadership.
作者信息
McGuffin James J, Riggs Shelley A, Raiche Emily M, Romero Daniel H
机构信息
Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA.
出版信息
Mil Psychol. 2021 Sep 24;33(5):332-340. doi: 10.1080/08995605.2021.1962181. eCollection 2021.
Mental health stigma has been identified as a barrier to help-seeking in the United States. This may be particularly salient for military personnel who tend to report higher mental health stigma than the general population. Evidence suggests that both supportive and destructive military leadership are related to service members' attitudes toward seeking help. In the current study, a sample of military service members and Veterans (N = 232) completed an online survey regarding mental health stigma, previous experiences with military leaders, and mental health help-seeking behaviors. Findings indicated that destructive and supportive leadership experiences were significantly related to self stigma, public stigma, and help-seeking. Military members and Veterans who experienced destructive leadership were more likely to report internalized mental health stigma, which decreased the likelihood of seeking help. Supportive leadership, on the other hand, was associated with greater likelihood of seeking help for mental health concerns, and was indirectly related to help-seeking through lower self-stigma. Findings suggest that the military leadership style plays a significant role in service members' and Veterans' willingness to seek assistance for mental health concerns.
心理健康污名已被视为美国寻求帮助的一个障碍。这对军人来说可能尤为突出，因为军人往往比普通人群报告更高的心理健康污名。有证据表明，支持性和破坏性的军事领导都与军人对寻求帮助的态度有关。在当前的研究中，一组军人和退伍军人样本（N = 232）完成了一项关于心理健康污名、与军事领导的过往经历以及心理健康求助行为的在线调查。研究结果表明，破坏性和支持性的领导经历与自我污名、公众污名和求助行为显著相关。经历过破坏性领导的军人和退伍军人更有可能报告内化的心理健康污名，这降低了寻求帮助的可能性。另一方面，支持性领导与因心理健康问题寻求帮助的可能性更大相关，并且通过较低的自我污名与求助行为间接相关。研究结果表明，军事领导风格在军人和退伍军人因心理健康问题寻求帮助的意愿中起着重要作用。
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