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Help-seeking by rural residents for mental health problems: The importance of agrarian values
Citation
Judd, F and Jackson, H and Komiti, A and Murray, G and Fraser, C and Grieves, A and Gomez, R, Help-seeking by rural residents for mental health problems: The importance of agrarian values, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, (9) pp. 769-776. ISSN 0004-8674 (2006) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01882.x
Abstract
Objective: To examine the role of stoicism, self-efficacy and perceived stigma in predicting help-seeking by rural residents, for mental health problems. Method: A cross-sectional community survey was conducted with a sample of 467 rural residents (58% female), who completed self-report questionnaires assessing current levels of symptomatology, disability, perceived stigma, self-efficacy, stoicism, attitudes towards and experience of seeking help for psychological problems. Results: Overall, 7.6% (n = 129) of respondents had sought help from a general practitioner and/or mental health professional for psychological problems or a mental health issue. More women than men reported having sought such help. Lifetime help-seeking for a psychological problem or mental health issue was positively associated with higher levels of distress and lower levels of stoicism and, to a lesser extent, lower levels of self-efficacy. Conclusions: Efforts to improve help-seeking by rural residents for mental health problems should focus on understanding and addressing attitudes, such as stoicism which act as barriers to help-seeking.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Psychology |
Research Group: | Clinical and health psychology |
Research Field: | Health psychology |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
Objective Field: | Behaviour and health |
UTAS Author: | Gomez, R (Professor Rapson Gomez) |
ID Code: | 62857 |
Year Published: | 2006 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 132 |
Deposited By: | Psychology |
Deposited On: | 2010-03-26 |
Last Modified: | 2010-05-05 |
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