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Help-seeking behaviors and mental well-being of first year undergraduate university students
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University students demonstrate poor help-seeking behatabviors for their mental health, despite often reporting low levels of mental well-being. The aims of this study were to examine the help-seeking intentions and experiences of first year university students in terms of their mental well-betabing, and to extaplore these students' views on formal (e.g. psychiatrists) and informal (e.g. friends) help-seeking. Students from a universitytab in the Republic of Ireland (n=220) completed an online questionnaire which focused on mental well-being and help-seeking behaviors. Almost a third of students had sought help from a mental health professional. Very few students reported availing of university/online supports. Informal sources of help were more popular than formal sources, and those who would avail and had availed of informal sources demonstrated higher well-being scores. Counselors were the source of professional help most widely used. General practitioners, chaplains, social workers, and family therapists were rated the most helpful. Those with low/average well-being scores were less likely to seek help than those with higher scores. Findings indicate the importance of enhancing public knowledge of mental health issues, and for further examination of students' knowledge of help-seeking resources in order to improve the help-seeking behaviors and mental well-being of this population group.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Goodwin, J., Behan, L., Kelly, P., McCarthy, K., & Horgan, A.
- Affiliations
- University College Cork (IE)
- Corresponding author
- Horgan, Aine
- Venue
- Psychiatry Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-12
- Volume
- 246
- Pages
- 129-135
- ISSN
- 0165-1781 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2519794976
- Cited by
- 103
- References
- 41
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 6.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Psychiatry Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Keywords
- help-seeking, psychological well-being, first-year students, mental health help-seeking, informal support, university counseling services, student mental health, help-seeking intentions
- MeSH terms
- Help-Seeking Behavior, Adolescent, Adult, Mental Disorders, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Ireland, Male, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Students, Universities, Young Adult
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