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Mental health help-seeking among Arab university students in Israel, differentiated by religion.
- Source :
- Mental Health, Religion & Culture; Feb2011, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p157-167, 11p, 1 Chart
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- A wide literature considers differences in utilisation and attitudes towards mental health treatment among diverse ethno-racial and religious communities. This paper is the first to compare attitudes to mental health-seeking patterns among a cohort of students representing three major religious minorities among Arab communities in Israel: Christians, Druze, and Muslim. Results of a cross-national survey of 195 student respondents indicate significant differences regarding attitudes towards help-seeking behaviour. Compared to Druze and Muslim counterparts, Christian subjects were higher in interpersonal openness, perceived mental health services as less stigmatising, and were less likely to use traditional healing systems. Findings are analysed in relation to cultural, historical, and political differences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- AGE distribution
ANALYSIS of variance
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
CHRISTIANITY
COLLEGE students
COMPARATIVE studies
HELP-seeking behavior
ISLAM
LONGITUDINAL method
MEDICAL care use
MENTAL health
MULTIVARIATE analysis
RELIGION
STATISTICAL sampling
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
STATISTICS
SOCIAL stigma
UNIVERSITIES & colleges
DATA analysis
CROSS-sectional method
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13674676
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Mental Health, Religion & Culture
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 58529246
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13674670903454229