Study On The Effect Of Cognitive And Mental Health Factors On Psychological Help-seeking Of College Students

ObjectiveThe purpose of this study is to find out how the college students cope with psychological distress and their general help-seeking intensions,and to analyse the factors that influence college students' psychological help-seeking so that we can offer some advice to encourage students to seek professional help and make the counseling in colleges more helpful and efficient.Methods1.Questionair Surey.Using random and group sampling method, 1093 students with different majors and different grades from 3 colleges in Guangzhou were choosen. 1057 effective questionnaires were collected with an effective rate of 96.7%.On the other hand,73 clients from the counseling center in colleges were investigated,36 of them were from Southern Medical University, 17 from University of Petroleum and 20 from Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Technology.The questionaire was composed of basic information,General Help-seeking Intension Questionnaire,Actural Help-seeking Questionnaire, Symptom Checklist 90(SCL-90) and Barriers to Adolescents Seeking Help(BASH).The survey was carried out with a grade as a unit in the guidance of professional psychologist.The direction was given to the group and students were not demanded to sign their names.The questionnaires were collected on the spot.Clients were asked to fill in the questionaies before counseling.The database was established by FoxPro 6.0 and statistic analysis were...