Author : Margaret Omotola Ajayi-Nabors
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (722 download)
Book Synopsis Students of Indian Heritage and United States Citizen Students' Adaptation to College, Opinions about Mental Illness, and Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Counseling Help by : Margaret Omotola Ajayi-Nabors
Download or read book Students of Indian Heritage and United States Citizen Students' Adaptation to College, Opinions about Mental Illness, and Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Counseling Help written by Margaret Omotola Ajayi-Nabors and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present study replicated Baysden's (2002) multi-component model and tested its generalizability on a homogeneous demographic group. This study compared international college students from Inda (n=244) and U. S. student participants (n=393) on their adaptation to college, their opinions about mental illness, and their attitudes regarding their professional psychological help-seeking behavior. A structural regression model was utilized to examine if student origin influenced opinions about mental illness, student adaptation to college, and attitudes towards seeking professional psychological help. The findings of this project supported Baysden's (2002) multi-component model to understanding international students' use of counseling. More specifically, opinions about mental illness, attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help, and adaptation to college, significantly predicted an international student's use of counseling as compared to U. S. citizen students. Findings also supported Baysden's (2002) results that students indicating negative opinions about mental illness also reported negative attitudes toward seeking professional counseling help. Furthermore, college students indicating negative opinions about mental illness reported having a higher level of difficulty in adjusting to college than did students indicating less negative opinions about mental illness. College students with positive attitudes toward seeking professional counseling help indicated a significantly better adjustment to college. One unexpected finding was that adaptation to college and attitudes toward seeking professional counseling help were not significant predictors in determining U. S. college students' use of counseling but they were for international college students.