Gelişmekte Olan İki Asya Ülkesinde Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Ruh Sağlığı Sorunlarına Yönelik Psikolojik Danışma Tutumları

Year 2019, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 67 - 84, 15.02.2019

Angus C.h. Kuok Jafar Rashidnia

Abstract

Bu çalışma İran ve Çin’deki 300 üniversite öğrencisi üzerinde yapılmıştır. Literatürde desteklenen ölçeklerden oluşan nicel bir anket kullanılan çalışmada Çinli öğrencilerin, psikolojik danışma konusunda İranlılardan daha olumlu tutumlara sahip oldukları bulunmuştur. Regresyon testleri, üniversite öğrencilerinin bu iki gelişmekte olan ülkede ruh sağlığı danışmanlığına yönelik tutumları için farklı göstergelerini incelemiştir. Beklenen risk, İran’da psikolojik danışmaya yönelik tutumların en olumsuz ve güçlü göstergesi olarak bulunmuştur. Çin’de ise, damgalanma psikolojik danışmaya yönelik tutumların en olumsuz ve güçlü göstergesi olarak bulunmuştur. Ruh sağlığı danışmanlığı hizmetleri ile ilgili olumlu değerlendirmeleri savunmaya yönelik olarak eğitim bölümleri ve hükümetler için sonuç ve öneriler sunulmuştur.

Keywords

Psikolojik danışmaya yönelik tutum, Beklenen risk, Damgalanma, İranlı, Çinli

College Students’ Attitudes Toward Counseling for Mental Health Issues in Two Developing Asian Countries

Abstract

This study examines 300 college students in Iran and China. It clarifies that students from China have more positive attitudes toward counseling than those from Iran using a quantitative survey with well-established existing scales in the literature. The regression tests show different indictors for college students’ attitudes toward mental health counseling in these two developing countries. Anticipated risk has been found as the most negative and powerful predictor of attitudes toward counseling in Iran. Stigma has been found as the most negative and powerful predictor of attitudes toward counseling in China. Implications have been discussed for educational departments and governments to advocate positive evaluations on mental health counseling services.

Keywords

Attitudes toward counseling, Anticipated risk, Stigma, Iranian, Chinese

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