Relationship among professional psychological help-seeking intention, mental symptoms, and self-efficacy in adults
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2017.07.008
- VernacularTitle:成人专业心理求助意向及与心理症状、自我效能感的关系
- Author:
Wei YANG
;
Xiaoyi FANG
;
Jie SHI
;
Jie YUAN
- Keywords:
adult;
mental symptom;
professional psychological help-seeking intention;
self-efficacy
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2017;31(7):543-547
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the relationship among professional psychological help-seeking intention,mental symptoms,and self-efficacy in adults.Methods:Totally 618 adult samples[286 males and 332 females,304 early adulthood (18-35 years) and 314 middle adulthood (36-60 years)] were selected on the internet.They were assessed with the Intention of Seeking Counseling Inventory (ISCI),Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90) and General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) to evaluate professional psychological help-seeking intention,mental symptom and self-efficacy respectively.Results:Females and middle adulthood subjects got higher ISCI scores than males and early adulthood subjects [(82.7 ± 6.7) vs.(77.8 ± 7.8),(83.9 ± 6.2) vs.(76.8 ± 7.3);Ps ＜ 0.001].Step linear regression analysis showed that age,scores of self-efficiency,horror and obsessive-compulsive symptoms had positive prediction effect on help-seeking intention (3 =0.34,0.29,0.10,0.11).Mental symptoms,hostility and paranoia had negative prediction effect on help-seeking intention (β =-0.17,-0.15,-0.11),and the 7 variables could explain 45.6％ of the variation.Conclusion:It suggests that the adults' professional psychological help-seeking intention may be related to subject age,mental symptom and self-efficiency.
