Chinese University Students' Perspectives on Help-Seeking and Mental Health Counseling

被引：24

作者：

Ning, Xuan ^{[1
]}

Wong, Josephine Pui-Hing ^{[2
]}

Huang, Silang ^{[2
]}

Fu, Yina ^{[3
]}

Gong, Xiaojie ^{[4
]}

Zhang, Lizeng ^{[5
]}

Hilario, Carla ^{[6
]}

Fung, Kenneth Po-Lun ^{[7
]}

Yu, Miao ^{[3
]}

Poon, Maurice Kwong-Lai ^{[8
]}

Cheng, Shengli ^{[3
]}

Gao, Jianguo ^{[3
]}

Jia, Cun-Xian ^{[9
]}

机构：

[1] Hong Kong Baptist Univ Beijing Normal Univ United, Fac Humanities & Social Sci, Zhuhai 519087, Peoples R China

[2] Toronto Metropolitan Univ, Daphne Cockwell Sch Nursing, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada

[3] Shandong Univ, Dept Social Work, Jinan 250100, Peoples R China

[4] Univ Jinan, Dept Sociol, Jinan 250024, Peoples R China

[5] Shandong Normal Univ, Dept Philosophy, Jinan 250014, Peoples R China

[6] Univ British Columbia, Sch Nursing, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

[7] Univ Toronto, Dept Psychiat, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada

[8] York Univ, Sch Social Work, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada

[9] Shandong Univ, Cheeloo Coll Med, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Jinan 250012, Peoples R China

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH | 2022年 / 19卷 / 14期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

Chinese university students; help-seeking; mental health; mental health counseling; RISK-FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS; BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; PERCEPTIONS; DEPRESSION; PREVALENCE; ATTITUDES; SERVICES; SUICIDE;

D O I：

10.3390/ijerph19148259

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Psychological distress and mental illness have become increasingly pervasive among Chinese university students. However, many university students who need mental health treatment or psychological support do not actively seek help from professional counselors or service providers, which could lead to poor mental health outcomes. To promote help-seeking, we undertook a qualitative study to understand Chinese university students' perspectives on help-seeking and mental health counseling. We conducted 13 focus group interviews with students in six universities in Jinan, China, and altogether 91 (62%) female students, and 56 (38%) male students participated in the study. Our results indicate that students' misconception and distrust of on-campus counseling, stigma of mental illness, low mental health literacy, and hard-to-access mental health services are the major barriers that impede students help-seeking behaviors. Internal struggles and systematic and organizational barriers are identified to shed light on future work to promote mental health literacy among Chinese university students.

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页数：13

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