TÜRKİYE’DE BİR GRUP ÜNİVERSİTE ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN RUHSAL HASTALIKLARA YÖNELİK İNANÇLARI

Year 2013, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 9 - 14, 30.04.2013

Ayşegül Bilge Zehra Baykal Akmeşe Yeliz Çakır Koçak Emine Serap Sarıcan

Abstract

AMAÇ: Bu araştırmada; Ruh Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Dersini alan ve almayan üniversite öğrencilerinin ruhsal hastalıklara yönelik inançlarının belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır.

YÖNTEM: Kesitsel olarak uygulanan çalışmanın örneklemini araştırmaya katılmayı kabul eden Ege Üniversitesi İzmir Atatürk Sağlık Yüksekokulu Ebelik Bölümü Ruh Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Dersi (RSHD) almayan, 62 üçüncü sınıf ve RSHD alan 67 dördüncü sınıf öğrencileri oluşturmuştur. Veri toplama araçları olarak Sosyodemografik Anket Formu ve Ruhsal Hastalığa Yönelik İnançlar Ölçeği (RHİÖ) kullanılmıştır.

BULGULAR: Araştırma bulgularına göre; son sınıf öğrencilerin RSHD almadan önce ruh hastalarına yönelik kısmen olumlu inanca (%53.7) sahip olduğu, dersi aldıktan sonra ise öğrencilerin inançlarında %79.1 oranında değişiklik olduğu saptanmıştır. İnanç değişikliği yaşayan bu öğrencilerin %85.1'i RSHD hakkındaki düşüncelerinin olumsuz inançlarında azalma yönünde olduğunu belirtmişlerdir. Öğrencilerin çoğunluğu (%94.6) RSHD’nin gerekli bir ders olduğunu düşünmektedir. Araştırma bulgularına göre; öğrencilerin RSHD’ni alma durumu ile Ruhsal Hastalığa Yönelik İnançlar Ölçeği’nin tehlikeli alt ölçeği (t=-0.032,p=0.028) ve utanma alt ölçeği (t=-3.31, p=0.000) arasında fark istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bulunmuştur.

SONUÇ: Araştırma sonucunda; öğrencilerin RSHD’ni aldıktan sonra ruhsal hastalığa yönelik olumlu inançlarında yüksek oranda artış olmuştur. RSHD’ni alan öğrencilerin almayan öğrencilere göre ruh hastalarını daha tehlikesiz gördüğü ve ruh hastalığının utanılacak bir hastalık olmadığına inandıkları saptanmıştır.

Keywords

Damgalama; İnanç; Öğrenci

A GROUP OF MIDWIFERY STUDENTS’ BELIEFS TOWARD MENTAL ILLNESSES IN TURKEY

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine mental illness-related beliefs of the midwifery students who attended and did not attend Mental Health and Mental Illnesses course.

METHOD: This cross-sectional study was carried out on the students who were studying at the Department of Midwifery of Izmir Atatürk School of Health, Ege University. The research sample consisted of 62 third grade students who did not attend MH/MI course, and 67 fourth grade students who attended this course. All these students agreed to take part in this research. Socio-demographic Questionnaire and Beliefs toward Mental Illness Scale (BMI) were used to gather data.

FINDINGS: According to the findings of the research, it was found that before attending MH/MI course, the fourth grade students had partly positive beliefs (53.7%) about the mentally ill and their positive beliefs about mental illnesses after taking the course, the students' beliefs were changed by 79.1%. Students who change belief that 85.1% stated that MH/MI ideas about the direction of reduction of negative beliefs. The majority of the students (94.6%) thought MH/MI course was necessary. According to the findings of the research, the difference between the students’ attendance status at MH/MI course and dangerousness (t=-0.032, p=0.028) / shame subscales (t=-3.31, p=0.000) of the Beliefs toward Mental Illness (BMI) Scale was found statistically significant.

RESULT: In conclusion, there was a dramatic increase in the positive beliefs about mental illnesses of the students after attending MH/MI course. It was determined that compared to the students who did not attend MH/MI course, the ones who attended this course regarded the mentally ill as inoffensive and believed that mental illnesses were not shameful.

Keywords

Stigmatization; Belief; Student

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