Honors Program
Date of this Version
Spring 3-15-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Citation
Sánchez, S. 2021. Psychosocial Factors Predicting Adult Help Seeking Behaviors in Ethnic and Racial Minorities. Undergraduate Honors Thesis. University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
Abstract
The present study surveyed psychosocial predictors of help seeking behaviors in minority emerging adults. Students taking psychology courses at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln (N = 1290 for Fall 2020, N = 124 for Spring 2021) responded to questions regarding religiosity, mainstream and heritage acculturation, perceived parental attitudes towards psychotherapy, and a free-response item examining understanding of psychotropic medications. Mainstream acculturation was a significant contributor in predicting help seeking behaviors, while heritage acculturation was not. Further, perceived parental attitudes only predicted adult help seeking proclivity when taking into account mainstream acculturation. Future research should use qualitative methods to further elucidate these predictive factors, in addition to recruiting BIPOC participants.
Comments
Copyright Sophia Sanchez 2021.