Using the Theory of Reasoned Action to Predict College Men’s Intentions to Seek Psychological Help

Using the Theory of Reasoned Action to Predict College Men’s Intentions to Seek Psychological Help

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rogers, Timothy E.
Language:English
Published: University of Akron / OhioLINK 2009
Subjects:
Health Care
Mental Health
Psychology
Psychotherapy
Therapy
help seeking behavior
help seeking intentions
male help seeking behavior
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1241652900
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-akron12416529002021-08-03T05:25:56Z Using the Theory of Reasoned Action to Predict College Men’s Intentions to Seek Psychological Help Rogers, Timothy E. Health Care Mental Health Psychology Psychotherapy Therapy help seeking behavior help seeking intentions male help seeking behavior This study sought to increase current understanding of men’s help-seeking intentions using the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA; Ajzen & Fishbein, 1980). The TRA provides a comprehensive framework to simultaneously assess several beliefs that may contribute to the formation of attitudes and subjective norms that, in turn, determine a person’s intention to perform a specific behavior such as seeking psychological help. Using existing psychological measures of help-seeking variables (i.e., attitudes, subjective norms, anticipated risks and benefits of self-disclosure, treatment fears, self-disclosure willingness, social and personal stigma for seeking psychological help) and masculinity constructs (i.e., gender role conflict and conformity to traditional male norms), this study examined a fully mediated and partially mediated TRA model to predict help-seeking intentions in a sample of college men (N = 338). Results from both models revealed a less-than-adequate fit with the data, accounting for 18.1% to 26.5% of the variance in men’s help-seeking intentions. Based on these results, an alternative post-hoc TRA model was examined and found to be an excellent fit with the data, accounting for 42.4% of the variance in men’s help-seeking intentions. Overall, results from this study supported an alternative partially mediated TRA model that accounted for a large portion of variance in men’s help-seeking intentions. 2009-09-01 English text University of Akron / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1241652900 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1241652900 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Health Care
Mental Health
Psychology
Psychotherapy
Therapy
help seeking behavior
help seeking intentions
male help seeking behavior
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Mental Health
Psychology
Psychotherapy
Therapy
help seeking behavior
help seeking intentions
male help seeking behavior
Rogers, Timothy E.
Using the Theory of Reasoned Action to Predict College Men’s Intentions to Seek Psychological Help
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