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The Theory of Planned Behavior as it predicts potential intention to seek mental health services for depression among college students
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BACKGROUND: Between 9.5% and 31.3% of college students suffer from depression (American college health association national college health assessment II: reference group executive summary spring 2013. Amer. Coll. Health Assoc. 2013; Eagan K, Stolzenberg EB, Ramirez JJ, Aragon, MC, Suchard, RS, Hurtado S. The American freshman: national norms fall 2014. Higher Educ. Res. Inst.; 2015). Universities need to understand the factors that relate to care-seeking behavior. OBJECTIVE: Across 3 studies, to relate attitudes, social norms, and perceived behavioral control to intention to seek mental health services, and to investigate barriers to care-seeking. PARTICIPANTS: University college students (N = 845, 64% female, 26% male, and 10% unspecified). METHODS: New measures were created in Studies 1 and 2, and were examined using structural equation modeling in Study 3. RESULTS: Partially consistent with the Theory of Planned Behavior (Ajzen, I, Fishbein, M. Understanding Attitudes and Predicting Social Behavior. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall; 1980), a model with an excellent fit revealed that more positive attitudes about care and higher perceived behavioral control directly predicted higher intention to seek mental health services. CONCLUSIONS: Educating college students about mental health disorders and treatments, enhancing knowledge about available services, and addressing limited access to long-term care might improve treatment rates for students suffering from depression.
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“Depression was the only mental health problem to be examined independently, with eight studies (19%) focusing only on help-seeking for depression, and one study (2%) focusing on depression and suicidal thoughts [35, 36, 48, 53, 58, 60, 62, 72].”
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“Conversely, Bohon et al. [36] found partial support for the influence of TPB variables on help-seeking, with attitudes and perceived behavioral control significantly predictive of intentions to seek help, but not subjective norms.”
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- Authors
- Bohon, L. M., Cotter, K. A., Kravitz, R. L., Cello, P. C., & Fernandez y Garcia, E.
- Affiliations
- California State University, Sacramento (US)
- California State University, Stanislaus (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bohon, Lisa M.
- Venue
- Journal of American College Health
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2016-07-07
- Volume
- 64
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 593-603
- ISSN
- 0164-4300 (ISSN-L)
- 0744-8481
- 1940-3208
- PMC
- PMC5181847
- OpenAlex
- W2472080323
- Cited by
- 125
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 3
- FWCI
- 7.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of American College Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health (K23MH101157)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Keywords
- theory of planned behavior, depression, mental health service utilization, help-seeking intentions, university students, perceived behavioral control, social norms, barriers to care, mental health education
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Attitude to Health, California, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Health Services, Middle Aged, Models, Psychological, Student Health Services, Students, Universities, Health Behavior, Intention, Young Adult
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