Help-Seeking Behaviors of Men for Mental Health and the Impact of Diverse Cultural Backgrounds

Lindinger-Sternart, Sylvia

doi:10.11114/ijsss.v3i1.519

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“…Furthermore, the finding that women's partners struggle to identify their own needs and seek help also corresponds with previous research that notes how traditional masculine role models and norms emphasize self‐reliance and emotional control (Addis & Mahalik, ), making it more difficult for men to ask for help (Lindinger‐Sternart, ).…”

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confidence: 84%

How do women's partners view perinatal mental health services? A qualitative meta‐synthesis

Taylor

Billings

Morant

2017

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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Given the importance of women's partners in relation to perinatal mental health as well as to women's engagement with support and treatment outcomes, greater consideration should be given to their needs to ensure they feel well informed and involved in perinatal mental health care, rather than marginalized. However, professionals also need to challenge the barriers to involvement and support that women's partners face and consider the ways in which services may reinforce these barriers.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 84%

How do women's partners view perinatal mental health services? A qualitative meta‐synthesis

Taylor

Billings

Morant

2017

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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“…However, not all people seek help when problems occur. For example, research indicates that men were less likely than women to seek help from mental health professionals for a variety of reasons [ 12 , 13 ]. When psychological problems occur, males demonstrate less positive attitudes toward seeking help in order to avoid talking about stressful events and painful feelings because of masculine norms and stigma [ 13 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Brunei’s teacher education programs: insights into students’ coping and help-seeking strategies to challenges

Mundia

Shahrill

Jaidin

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Int J Ment Health Syst

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BackgroundBrunei started implementing its two main reformed teacher education programs, MTeach and MEd, in 2009. The reasons for these innovations included upgrading the standard of teacher training, increasing teaching effectiveness, and improving the quality of education in the country. The purpose of this study was to determine how student teachers coped with and sought help on the challenging programs.MethodsUsing an online survey design, 76 randomly selected recent graduate teachers responded appropriately to questionnaires administered to them by email. The obtained quantitative research information included demographic, coping, and help-seeking data, all analyzed by SPSS Version 22.ResultsParticipants endorsed both the productive and nonproductive coping strategies. In addition, they depended more on peers, teachers and internet sources for help. Four major findings were obtained. First, task-oriented coping was the most important and significant predictor of success on the MTeach and MEd programs. Second, females had a higher likelihood of success compared to males (OR = 22.760, 95 % CI for OR = 12.848–40.320). Third, students who consulted relevant internet resources had higher odds for succeeding compared to those who did not (OR = 2.237, 95 % CI 1.196–4.183). Fourth, less-able students who collaboratively worked with the more-able peers were nearly two times more likely to perform better than those who did not (OR = 1.982, 95 % CI 1.082–3.630).ConclusionsCoping and help-seeking were positively and significantly related to academic achievement on the two Brunei main teacher education programs. Evidence from the present study suggested that vulnerable and at-risk trainee teachers needed appropriate interventions (educational, counseling and psychotherapy) related to effective use of task-oriented coping and seeking help via cooperative learning, internet sources, and teacher consultations,. Further research with interview probes was recommended to gain additional information on the problem and its solutions.

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“…Most differences in seeking help were based along gender lines due to emphasis on masculinity and femininity inclinations and cultural attitudes to mental health. Previous research found that males were the most resistant to seeking help (Komiya et al, 2000;Lindinger-Sternart, 2014). In addition, males who were engaged in sports or armed forces occupations identified themselves to a higher level with the norms of masculinity and toughness, and often failed to recognize the benefits of seeking professional help from mental health specialists such as counselors, psychologists, and psychiatrists (Mundia, Shahrill et al, 2016;Steinfeldt & Steinfeldt, 2012).…”

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Coping and Help-Seeking Strategies Used by Students on the Intensive Foundation Program at the University of Brunei Darussalam

Mundia

Shahrill

2018

SAGE Open

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Human resource development is one of the major goals of Brunei's current development plan to be achieved under Wawasan 2035 policy. The University of Brunei Darussalam's foundation program aims to increase students' access to higher education among disadvantaged and underrepresented groups. The present field survey investigated how the coping strategies and helpseeking behaviors of 146 (103 females and 43 males) Brunei foundation students would assist. Participants from government secondary schools scored significantly higher on the productive coping and reference to others coping styles than peers from private schools. Main effective predictors of achievement included productive coping, referencing to others, and using resources (library, Internet, peers, lecturers, and self-efficacy). Two-way interactions of the male gender with the library, Internet, lecturers, peers, and self-efficacy would help improve men's achievement. The interaction of Internet and nonproductive coping also predicted achievement. Interventions for vulnerable and at-risk students were recommended to increase the success rate.

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Help-Seeking Behaviors of Men for Mental Health and the Impact of Diverse Cultural Backgrounds

Cited by 24 publications

References 38 publications

How do women's partners view perinatal mental health services? A qualitative meta‐synthesis

How do women's partners view perinatal mental health services? A qualitative meta‐synthesis

Brunei’s teacher education programs: insights into students’ coping and help-seeking strategies to challenges

Coping and Help-Seeking Strategies Used by Students on the Intensive Foundation Program at the University of Brunei Darussalam

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