Psikolojik yardım alma niyeti: Bir model testi

Bu araştırmada, depresyon düzeyi kontrol edilerek sosyal damgalanma algısı ve tedavi korkularının psikolojik yardım alma niyetiyle doğrudan ilişkisi, ayrıca sosyal damgalanma algısının ve tedavi korkularının, beklenen yarar, risk ve psikolojik yardım almaya ilişkin tutum aracılığıyla psikolojik yardım alma niyetiyle ilişkisinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemi, tabakalı seçkisiz küme örneklem yöntemiyle belirlenmiştir. Araştırmanın örneklemini 403'ü kadın ve 253'ü erkek olmak üzere toplam 656 yetişkin oluşturmuştur. Araştırmanın bulguları sosyal damgalanma algısı ile psikolojik yardım alma niyeti arasında negatif yönde doğrudan bir ilişki olduğunu göstermiştir. Ayrıca, sosyal damgalanma algısı ile psikolojik yardım alma niyetinin, beklenen yarar ve psikolojik yardım almaya ilişkin tutum aracılığıyla ilişkili olduğu görülmüştür. Sosyal damgalanma algısı ile psikolojik yardım alma niyeti arasındaki ilişkide, beklenen riskin aracı olmadığı bulunmuştur. Tedavi korkuları ile psikolojik yardım alma niyeti arasında doğrudan bir ilişki olmadığı anlaşılmıştır. Ayrıca bulgular, tedavi korkuları ile psikolojik yardım alma niyetinin, beklenen yarar ve psikolojik yardım almaya ilişkin tutum aynı doğrultuda, tedavi korkuları ile psikolojik yardım alma niyetinin, beklenen risk ve psikolojik yardım almaya ilişkin tutum aracılığıyla ilişkili olduğunu göstermiştir.

Help seeking intention: A model testing

The aim of this research was to examine the relations among social stigma, treatment fears, anticipated utility, risks and attitudes toward therapy and intentions to seek help by controlling depression level. The sample of the research was determined by using stratified cluster random sampling. Totally, 453 female and 253 male adults participated to the study. The results of the study revealed a direct negative relationship between social stigma and help seeking intentions. Furthermore, social stigma and help seeking intentions were found to be indirectly related through the anticipated utility and attitudes toward therapy. On the other hand, anticipated risks did not mediate the relationship between social stigmas and help seeking intentions. The results of the study demonstrated that there was no direct relationship between treatment fears and help seeking intentions; yet though the relationship was not statistically significant, the direction of the relationship was negative. Moreover, anticipated utility, risks and attitudes toward therapy mediated the relationship between treatment fears and help seeking intentions.

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