A Dataset of Students’ Mental Health and Help-Seeking Behaviors in a Multicultural Environment

• Main Authors: Minh-Hoang Nguyen, Manh-Toan Ho, Quynh-Yen T. Nguyen, Quan-Hoang Vuong
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2019-08-01
• Series: Data
• Subjects: higher education; international student; depression; acculturative stress; social connectedness; suicidal ideation; help-seeking; Japan; PHQ-9; ASSIS; bayesvl
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5729/4/3/124

University students, especially international students, possess a higher risk of mental health problems than the general population. However, the literature regarding the prevalence and determinants of mental health problems as well as help-seeking behaviors of international and domestic students in Japan seems to be limited. This dataset contains 268 records of depression, acculturative stress, social connectedness, and help-seeking behaviors reported by international and domestic students at an international university in Japan. One of the main findings that can be drawn from this dataset is how the level of social connectedness and acculturative stress are predictive of the reported depression among international as well as domestic students. The dataset is expected to provide reliable materials for further study of cross-cultural public health studies and policy-making in higher education.