Influencing factors of attitudes toward seeking professional help for mental illness among Korean adults

Park, Subin; Jeon, Mina; Lee, Yeeun; Ko, Young-Mi; Kim, Chul Eung

doi:10.1177/0020764018760952

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“…Female gender has previously been shown to be associated with more positive attitudes towards help-seeking for mental illness (Kagstrom et al, 2019; Park, Jeon, Lee, Ko, & Kim, 2018), which is in line with our findings. It seems evident and has been shown before (Bonabi et al, 2016; Kagstrom et al, 2019; Schomerus et al, 2018) that better knowledge about mental health and the ability to identify oneself as having a mental illness facilitate help-seeking.…”

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Predictors of help-seeking in unemployed people with mental health problems

Wigand

Oexle

Waldmann

et al. 2019

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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Background: Unemployment and mental ill health often contribute to each other and lead to social exclusion with negative consequences for individuals and society. Yet, unemployed people with mental health problems often do not seek care. Aims: The aim of this study was to assess predictors of help-seeking among unemployed people with mental health problems. Methods: At baseline, 301 unemployed participants with mental health problems reported potential predictors of help-seeking in terms of mental health literacy, perceived barriers to care, self-concept as having a mental illness and current mental health service use. At 6-month follow-up, 240 participants reported whether or not they had started new mental health treatment since baseline. Results: Adjusted for symptoms, sociodemographic and work-related variables, help-seeking was predicted by previous mental health service use and by fewer non-stigma-related barriers, not by stigma-related barriers. Conclusion: Implications for interventions to increase help-seeking among this vulnerable group are discussed.

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confidence: 92%

Predictors of help-seeking in unemployed people with mental health problems

Wigand

Oexle

Waldmann

et al. 2019

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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“…Similar ndings have been reported by other studies conducted on Spanish and Indonesian nursing students suggesting that individuals with previously diagnosed psychiatric illness had better attitudes towards health-seeking as compared to those who did not have any mental illness (17,33). One plausible explanation for this nding could be that the participants with previous psychiatric illness had experienced mental healthcare services and interacted with mental health professionals, which result in positive outcomes; hence, they were more open to seeking professional help than their counterparts (34). However, a con icting nding was seen in a study conducted on Indonesian nursing students, which depicted that a personal history of psychiatric illness did not in uence attitude towards health-seeking behavior, but knowledge of mental illness and experience with mentally ill persons did contribute to this attitude (17).…”

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confidence: 62%

Stigma associated with and attitude regarding mental health help-seeking among undergraduate nursing students in Karachi, Pakistan

Farooq¹,

Parpio²,

Sattar³

et al. 2021

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Background Globally, the prevalence of mental illness amongst university students is a major concern; same is the case with nursing students. Unaddressed mental illness stigma contributes towards hiding of symptoms hampers timely identification of the disease, and leads to reluctance in attitude towards seeking help. This study determined personal and perceived depression stigma and attitude towards help-seeking behaviors and its associated factors, among undergraduate nursing students at a private nursing institution in Karachi, Pakistan. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study by recruiting 246 first and second-Year undergraduate nursing students using consecutive sampling. Data were collected using the Depression Stigma Scale (DSS) and the Attitude toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale (ATSPPHS), along with a demographic questionnaire. Chi-square test, Fischer’s exact test and student T test were used to determine significance of difference of each response between first and second year students. Multiple linear regression was employed to determine predictors of DSS and ATSPPHS. Approval was obtained from the university’s Ethics Review Committee. Results The study findings revealed that the mean scores of the personal and perceived stigma scales were 29.7 ± 4.9 and 24.3 ± 6.1, respectively. The mean score of ATSPPHS was 16.5 ± 3.8. The participants reported a mean openness score of7.8 ± 2.6 and a value scale score of 8.7 ± 3.0. A history of psychiatric illness, current living arrangements, and personal depression stigma were found to be significant predictors of ATSPHHS. The year of study was a significant predictor of personal depression stigma whereas both years of study and the current living arrangements were significantly associated with perceived depression stigma. Conclusion Attitude towards seeking help for mental illness was significantly influenced by personal and perceived stigma. Moreover, previous history of psychiatric illness and living arrangements also predicted attitudes towards seeking help. In order to encourage positive attitudes towards seeking help for students’ well-being, it is essential to destigmatize mental health issues by adapting context-based, individualized, and group mental health interventions.

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“…It is known that internet users may not be representative of average Koreans as they tend to be high in openness and agreeableness. Individuals with these personality types are more likely to participate in online surveys than other types (Marcus & Schütz, 2005;Fan & Yan, 2010;Park et al, 2018). However, our data had a similar number of people with neuroticism to those with openness.…”

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Building a Psychological Ground Truth Dataset with Empathy and Theory-of-Mind During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Lee¹,

Jung²,

Lee³

et al. 2021

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As the mental health crisis deepens with the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, there is an increasing need for understanding individuals’ emotional experiences. We have built a large-scale Korean text corpus with five self-labeled psychological ground-truths: empathy, loneliness, stress, personality, and emotions. We collected 19,025 documents of daily emotional experiences from 3,805 Korean residents from October to December 2020. We collected 42,128 sentences with different levels of theory-of-mind. Each sentence was annotated by trained psychology students and reviewed by experts. Participants varied in their ages from the early 20s to late 80s and had various social and economic statuses. The pandemic impacted the majority of daily lives, and participants often reported negative emotional experiences. We found the most frequent topics: responses to confirmed cases, health concerns of family members, anger towards people without masks, stress-relief strategies, change of the lifestyle, and preventive practices. We then trained the Word2Vec model to observe specific words that match each topic from the topic model. The current dataset will serve as benchmark data for large-scale and computational methods for identifying mental health levels based on text. This dataset is expected to be used and transformed in many creative ways to mitigate COVID-19-related mental health problems.

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Influencing factors of attitudes toward seeking professional help for mental illness among Korean adults

Abstract: These findings suggest that specific personality traits should be considered when developing strategies to promote positive attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help. Further research using a representative community sample is needed to generalize our findings.

Cited by 17 publications

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Predictors of help-seeking in unemployed people with mental health problems

Predictors of help-seeking in unemployed people with mental health problems

Stigma associated with and attitude regarding mental health help-seeking among undergraduate nursing students in Karachi, Pakistan

Building a Psychological Ground Truth Dataset with Empathy and Theory-of-Mind During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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