Current status and analysis of undergraduate students' help-seeking behaviors for depressive
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2019.21.025
- VernacularTitle:大学生抑郁情绪求助行为现状调查及分析
- Author:
Fan YUAN
1
;
Sihong YU
;
Bingxiang YANG
;
Yang ZHOU
;
Shu FANG
;
Fang YANG
Author Information
1. 武汉大学健康学院 430071
- Keywords:
Depression;
Help-seeking behaviors;
College students;
Research
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2019;25(21):2750-2755
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective? To investigate and explore actual help-seeking behaviors for depressive symptoms among college students. Methods? By convenience sampling, a total of 871 undergraduate students from the whole Wuhan university from November 2016 to March 2017 were selected and investigated by using the self-designed General Information Questionnaire, Family APGAR Index(APGAR), Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale(CES-D),Comprehensive International Diagnostic Interview(CIDI 2.1) Actual Help Seeking Questionnaire(AHSQ). Results? Totally 348(43.3%)college students reported that they had depressive problems and the situation about actual help-seeking behaviors had been reported over the part 12 months. Among those 348 respondents, 94(27.0%)students reported that they had never sought for help; 254(73.0%) reported they had sought for help. There was statistical difference of "whether had been through major life events in the past one year" in seeking help from "close companion","friends", and "teachers and classmates" (P＜0.05), the college students with better family function tend to seek help from their parents, the difference was statistically significant (P=0.005), there was statistical difference of "whether discomfort existed caused by psychological problems" in seeking help from "professional personnel in mental health", "hotline/internet resource"(P＜ 0.05); the college students with higher CES-D scores tend to seek help from "hotline/internet resources",the difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05). Conclusions? There is a high prevalence of depressive symptoms in college students, and they seek help mainly from "other nonprofessional personnel" and"hotline/internet resources". Their ability of making use of the public psychological health services should be improved.
