Mental Health Literacy & Help Seeking: Is Mental Health Literacy a predictor of Help Seeking behaviours?

Long, Gráinne (2022) Mental Health Literacy & Help Seeking: Is Mental Health Literacy a predictor of Help Seeking behaviours? Undergraduate thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.

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Abstract

Aims: The purpose of the current study was to better understand help seeking behaviours. The study examined if mental health literacy is a predictor of help seeking behaviours. The study also examined if age, being a psychology student or familiarity with mental illness impacted help-seeking behaviours.

Method: An online cross-sectional survey was administered to participants (n = 153), which included a demographics questionnaire, an adapted version of The Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) and The General Help Seeking Help Seeking Questionnaire (GHSQ).

Results: Results showed that mental health literacy made a statistically significant contribution (β = .28, p = .001), towards predicting helping seeking behaviours. Age, being a psychology student or familiarity with mental illness were found not to be predictors of help seeking behaviours. There were no statistically significant differences found when comparing genders and regions on help seeking behaviours. Mental health literacy levels for psychology students were on the borderline of being statistically significantly higher when compared to the remaining sample.

Conclusion: The study demonstrated that Mental Health Literacy is a predictor of help seeking behaviours. Implementing appropriate community interventions could be fundamental in improving mental health literacy and help-seeking behaviours and remove potential barriers towards treatment.

Item Type:	Thesis (Undergraduate)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Help seeking behaviours; mental health literacy; predictors
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA790 Mental Health
Divisions:	School of Business > BA (Honours) in Psychology
Depositing User:	Clara Chan
Date Deposited:	21 Sep 2022 16:10
Last Modified:	21 Sep 2022 16:10
URI:	https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/5786

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