Čimbenici privlačenja i odbijanja u sklonosti traženja psihološke pomoći kod studenata

master's thesis

• Title (english): Approach and avoidance factors in tendency to seek psyhological help in college students
• Author: Gabrijela Karamatić
• Mentor: Renata Franc (mentor)
• Committee member: Anita Lauri Korajlija
• Committee member: Jelena Maričić
• Committee member: Renata Franc
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Croatian Studies; (Department of Psychology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2015-05-15, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; General Psychology

Abstract

Ciljevi ovog istraživanja bili su ispitati čimbenike koji mogu biti poticaji ili prepreke u namjeri traženja stručne psihološke pomoći u slučaju potrebe, te uz to ispitati ovise li čimbenici o spolu te o opterećenosti studentskim problemima. Istraživanju je putem online ankete pristupilo 490 studenata s različitih sveučilišta u Republici Hrvatskoj. Provedbom hijerarhijske regresijske analize objašnjeno je 32.6% varijance namjere traženja stručne psihološke pomoći u slučaju potrebe. Očekivana korisnost od samootkrivanja, opći stav prema stručnoj psihološkoj pomoći, neposredno iskustvo sa stručnom psihološkoj pomoći, posredno iskustvo sa stručnom psihološkoj pomoći i samosviđanje, pokazali su se kao čimbenici privlačenja u pogledu namjere traženja stručne psihološke pomoći, dok se očekivani rizik od samootkrivanja pokazao kao čimbenik odbijanja. Uz to, pronađeno je da su žene sklonije izražavanju namjere traženja stručne psihološke pomoći u slučaju potrebe. Također, utvrđeno je da žene iskazuju veću očekivanu korisnost od samootkrivanja, niži rizik od samootkrivanja, veću toleranciju na stigmu te pozitivniji opći stav prema stručnoj psihološkoj pomoći. Sudionici koji izražavaju relativno visoki stupanj opterećenosti studentskim problemima percipiraju i veći očekivani rizik od samootkrivanja te manju toleranciju na stigmu od onih koji izražavaju relativno niski stupanj opterećenosti studentskim problemima. Dobiveni nalazi komentirani su u vidu praktičnih implikacija kojima je moguće potaknuti osobe koje imaju potrebu za stručnom psihološkom pomoći da tu pomoć i zatraže.

Abstract (english)

The aims of this study were to investigate the approach and avoidance factors in intention to seek professional psychological help in case it is considered needed and to investigate relationship between those factors and gender and psychological problems. We conducted this study by online investigation among the sample of 490 Croatian university students. Hierarchical regression analysis explained 32.6% of variances of intention to seek professional psychological help. Anticipated utility of self-disclosing, general attitudes towards professional psychological help, direct experiences with professional psychological help, indirect experiences with professional psychological help and self-liking are the approach factors that increase intention to seek professional psychological help, while anticipated risk of self-disclosing is shown to be an avoidance factor that inhibits intention to seek professional psychological help. Also, it has been shown that women are more prone to express an intention for seeking professional psychological help. It is, also shown that women express higher anticipated utility of self-disclosing, lower anticipated risk of self-disclosure, higher indifference to stigma and more positive general attitude towards professional psychological help. Participants who were expressing a relatively high level of distress related to students problems were expressing a relatively high level of anticipated risk of self-
disclosure, as well as the lower level of indifference to stigma in comparison to participants who were expressing a relatively low level of distress related to students problems. The results of this study were discussed in a form of practical implications which provide encouragement for people in need for a professional psychological help to seek it.

• Keywords: namjera traženja psihološke pomoći; samootkrivanja; stigmatizacija; stav prema psihološkoj pomoći; studentski problemima
• Keywords (english): intention to seek professional psychological help; self-disclosure; stigmatization; attitudes towards psychological help; students problems.
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:111:608913
• Study programme: Title: Department of Psychology; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra psihologije (magistar/magistra psihologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Access restricted to students and staff of home institution
• Created on: 2015-10-28 14:53:02