Understanding help-seeking amongst university students: the role of group identity, stigma, and exposure to suicide and help-seeking

Frontiers in Psychology

Michelle Kearns¹ 

关键词: help-seeking;    mental health;    suicide;    group identification;    stigma;    university students;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01462

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Background: Despite a high prevalence of suicide ideation and mental health issues amongst university students, the stigma of help-seeking remains a barrier to those who are in real need of professional support. Social identity theory states that help received from an ingroup source is more welcome and less threatening to one's identity than that from a source perceived as outgroup. Therefore, we hypothesized that students' stigma toward seeking help from their university mental health service would differ based on the strength of their identification with the university.

【 授权许可】

CC BY