Mental Health and Professional Help-seeking Among College Students With Disabilities
Mental Health and Professional Help-seeking Among College Students With Disabilities
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DOI：
10.1037/rep0000101
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发表时间：
2016-08-01
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2.7
通讯作者：
Youn, Soo Jeong
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作者：
Coduti, Wendy A.;Hayes, Jeffrey A.;Youn, Soo Jeong
目的：研究表明，在校园内提供适当的支持和服务可以改善残疾学生的心理健康和学业成绩(Emerson，Honey，Madden，&Llewell yn，2009；Stumbo，Martin，&Hedrick，2009)，但对这一群体的具体心理健康需求知之甚少。因此，本探索性研究的目的是确定不同类型残疾大学生的心理健康需求。方法：研究人员分析了2013-14学年大学心理健康中心收集的5696名残疾学生和非残疾学生使用校园咨询服务的数据。对1,620名有残疾和无残疾的学生的非临床样本(没有接受咨询的学生)也进行了调查。结果：与非残疾学生相比，接受心理咨询和非心理咨询的残疾学生报告了更多的焦虑和与学业相关的痛苦，以及更高的自杀意念、自杀未遂和非自杀性自伤。结论：虽然残疾学生在某些方面表现出与非残疾学生相似的痛苦程度，但在可能影响他们学业成就的领域，残疾学生的痛苦程度更高。总体上，残疾学生的自残倾向更高，但对特定残疾类型的学生更是如此。影响和影响本研究首次在普通校园人群(即非临床样本)和接受咨询的学生(即临床样本)中考察了残疾学生和非残疾学生心理健康的异同。研究表明，在临床和非临床样本中，残疾学生有更高的自杀意念、自杀企图和非自杀性自残，以及更多的焦虑和学业痛苦。由于残疾学生之间的关系以及较高的自残思想和行为发生率，应该向经常与残疾学生互动的学院和大学工作人员提供外展和教育。
Objective: Research has demonstrated that providing appropriate supports and services on campus can improve both mental health and academic outcomes for students with disabilities (Emerson, Honey, Madden, & Llewellyn, 2009; Stumbo, Martin, & Hedrick, 2009), but little is known about the specific mental health needs of this population. The purpose of this exploratory study, therefore, was to identify the mental health needs of college students with various types of disabilities. Method: Researchers analyzed data, collected by the Center for Collegiate Mental Health, of 5,696 students with, and without, disabilities who utilized counseling services on campuses in the 2013-14 academic year. A nonclinical (students not in counseling) sample of 1,620 students with, and without, disabilities was also explored. Results: Compared to students without disabilities, students with disabilities report more anxiety and academic-related distress, as well as higher rates of suicide ideation, suicide attempts, and nonsuicidal self-injury among both students in counseling and not in counseling. Conclusions: Although in certain areas students with disabilities show similar levels of distress as students without disabilities, students with disabilities have higher levels of distress in areas which could impact their academic success. Self-harming tendencies are higher for students with disabilities overall, but more so for specific disability types.Impact and ImplicationsThe current study is the first to examine mental health similarities and differences among students with and without disabilities in both the general campus population (i.e., a nonclinical sample) and students receiving counseling (i.e., a clinical sample). The study revealed that students with disabilities, in both clinical and nonclinical samples, had higher rates of suicide ideation, suicide attempts, and nonsuicidal self-injury, as well as more anxiety and academic distress. Outreach and education should be provided to college and university staff who have regular interaction with students with disabilities due to the relationship between students with disabilities and higher rates of self-harming thoughts and behaviors.