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Objective:To explore the mediating effect of stigma and loneliness between anxiety and attitude towards seeking professional psychological help among college freshmen.Methods:A sample of 920 freshmen was recruited in the study and they were required to complete self-rating anxiety scale(SAS), attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help scale-short form(ATSPPH-SF), questionnaire of stigma for seeking professional psychological help(SSPPH), University of California, Los Angeles loneliness scale(UCLA). SPSS 24.0 was used for descriptive analysis and correlation analysis.SPSS macro program PROCESS 3.4 was used to analyze the mediating effect.Results:(1) The scores of anxiety, stigma, loneliness and attitude towards seeking professional psychological help of all subjects were (44.70±7.13), (19.14±6.79), (52.30±6.65) and (18.12±3.49). Anxiety was positively correlated with stigma and loneliness( r=0.170, 0.351, both P<0.01). Stigma was positively correlated with loneliness ( r=0.264, P<0.01). Attitude towards seeking professional psychological help was negatively correlated with anxiety, stigma and loneliness( r=-0.085, -0.459, -0.185, all P<0.05). (2) There were three paths that anxiety affected attitude towards seeking professional psychological help.The mediating effect size of stigma was -0.037, accounting for 75.51% of the total indirect effect.The mediating effect size of loneliness was -0.011, accounting for 22.45% of the total indirect effect.The chain mediating effect of anxiety and attitude towards seeking professional psychological help was -0.001, accounting for 2.04% of the total indirect effect. Conclusion:Stigma and loneliness play multiple mediating effects on the relationship between anxiety and attitude towards seeking professional psychological help.
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OBJECTIVE: To explore the current situation and correlation between the attitude toward seeking professional psychological help and perceived stress in policemen. METHODS: The Attitude Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale and the Perceived Stress Scale were used to conduct surveys in 240 policemen, who were selected from Sichuan practice training bases by cluster random sampling method.RESULTS: The total scores of the attitude toward seeking professional psychological help and perceived stress in policemen were(94.9±11.9) and(38.6±6.7) respectively. The total score of the attitude toward seeking professional psychological help of rural policemen was higher than that of urban policemen(P<0.05). The total scores of the attitude toward seeking professional psychological help of criminal policemen, security policemen and prison guards were higher than that of logistics policemen(P<0.05). The total score of perceived stress of policemen aged over 40 was higher than those of policemen aged in the 20 s and 30 s(P<0.05). The total score of perceived stress of divorced policemen was higher than those of married and unmarried policemen(P<0.05). The total score of the attitude toward seeking professional psychological help was negatively correlated with the total score of perceived stress(P<0.01). The total score of the attitude toward seeking professional psychological help of policemen in the high risk pressure group was lower than that in the normal pressure group(P<0.05). CONCLUSION: The attitude toward seeking professional psychological help of policemen was at the average level and was negatively correlated with their psychological stress.
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Objective To revise the attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help scaleshort form(ATSPPH-SF) and to exam the reliability and validity of ATSPPH-SF Chinese revision.Methods Based on studying and analyzing foreign related questionnaires,1 657 adults from Tianjin were chosen as subjects to exam the reliability and validity of ATSPPH-SF Chinese revision.Results The three-dimensional structure were obtained according to the results of exploratory factor analysis,and the total variance explained amounted to 54.03％.The results of Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the measurement model fit the data well (x2/df=2.94,RMSEA =0.04,CFI =0.97,GFI =0.98,SRMR =0.01,AGFI =0.97,TLI =0.95,IFI =0.97,NFI =0.96).The cronbach's α coefficients of the questionnaire degreed from.0.71 to 0.78.The retest reliability of the questionnaire degreed from 0.65 to 0.82.Correlation between each item and the total score ranged from 0.32 to 0.63 and the correlations between each dimension and total questionnaire were from 0.67 to 0.82.There was a significant positive correlation with ATSPPH(r=0.67,P＜0.01).Conclusion The revised ATSPPH-SF has good reliability and validity,which can satisfy the domestic demand for relevant research and application.