Research Initiation: Development of a Survey Instrument to Identify Mental Health Related Help-Seeking Beliefs in Engineering Students

研究启动:开发一种调查工具来识别工科学生与心理健康相关的求助信念

基本信息

  • 批准号:
    2024394
  • 负责人:
  • 金额:
    $ 19.99万
  • 依托单位:
  • 依托单位国家:
    美国
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
  • 财政年份:
    2020
  • 资助国家:
    美国
  • 起止时间:
    2020-08-01 至 2024-08-31
  • 项目状态:
    已结题

项目摘要

The prevalence of mental health problems on college campuses is of increasing concern. While the issue is not unique to the engineering student population, national data show that engineering students are significantly less likely than other students to seek professional help. Additionally, mental health concerns persist past graduation, with engineers among the top five occupations with the highest suicide rate. To better understand the root cause of this problem, the beliefs that influence engineering students’ decisions to seek or not seek help for a mental health concern must be identified. This fundamental study will develop a survey instrument to measure the beliefs that affect engineering undergraduate students’ decisions to seek help. Identification of the beliefs that predict students’ mental health related help-seeking behaviors will enable researchers to develop targeted intervention strategies that reduce barriers to mental health related help-seeking. Reshaping engineering identity to be supportive of mental health related help-seeking could increase success and retention of at-risk students. Furthermore, increased willingness to seek help could improve individuals’ mental health beyond graduation, resulting in a more resilient and persistent engineering workforce.This project will address the issue of mental health in engineering through a theoretically grounded, foundational study of engineering students’ beliefs about seeking help for mental health-related concerns. The project will answer two key research questions: 1) What are engineering students’ mental health related help-seeking beliefs? 2) How can researchers assess these beliefs via a self-report survey instrument? The project will utilize the Integrated Behavioral Model (IBM), an empirically supported social scientific framework that can be applied to identify beliefs that influence behavior within a given population. A central component of the IBM is the use of qualitative interviews, which will be used to identify key beliefs that influence engineering students’ mental health related help-seeking. Thus, this project will first identify the beliefs held by undergraduate engineers through interviews with a diverse (e.g., major, year of study, gender, race/ethnicity) group of students. Qualitative coding and thematic analysis will identify emergent themes and beliefs. These data will be used to develop a survey instrument to measure help-seeking beliefs quantitatively. This instrument will reflect the student perspectives and norms developed through the engineering formation process. The instrument will undergo iterative pilot testing to ensure reliability, validity, and clarity for diverse engineering students. Additionally, key beliefs associated with help-seeking intentions will be identified. The core product of the project will be a comprehensive research instrument useful for identifying mental health related help-seeking beliefs in engineering students. Large scale implementation of this research instrument will allow for identification of key beliefs that can be targeted with intervention strategies to improve mental health related help-seeking in undergraduate engineering students.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.
大学校园中普遍存在的心理健康问题日益引起人们的关注。虽然这个问题并非工科学生独有,但全国数据显示,工科学生寻求专业帮助的可能性明显低于其他学生。此外,心理健康问题在毕业后依然存在,工程师是自杀率最高的前五大职业之一。为了更好地理解这个问题的根本原因,必须确定影响工程专业学生决定寻求或不寻求心理健康帮助的信念。本基础研究将开发一种调查工具来测量影响工科本科生寻求帮助决策的信念。识别预测学生心理健康相关求助行为的信念将使研究人员能够制定有针对性的干预策略,减少心理健康相关求助的障碍。重塑工程师的身份,以支持与心理健康相关的求助,可以提高有风险学生的成功率和保留率。此外,寻求帮助的意愿增加可以改善个人毕业后的心理健康,从而形成一支更有弹性和毅力的工程劳动力。本项目将通过对工科学生在心理健康问题上寻求帮助的信念的理论基础研究来解决工程学中的心理健康问题。该项目将回答两个关键的研究问题:1)工科学生的心理健康相关求助信念是什么?2)研究人员如何通过自我报告调查工具来评估这些信念?该项目将利用综合行为模型(IBM),这是一个经验支持的社会科学框架,可用于识别影响特定人群行为的信念。IBM的一个核心组成部分是使用定性访谈,这将被用来确定影响工程专业学生心理健康相关的求助的关键信念。因此,本项目将首先通过对不同(例如,专业、学习年份、性别、种族/民族)学生群体的采访来确定本科工程师的信念。定性编码和专题分析将确定紧急主题和信念。这些数据将用于开发一种调查工具,以定量衡量寻求帮助的信念。这个工具将反映学生的观点和规范,通过工程形成过程发展。该仪器将经过反复的试点测试,以确保不同工程专业学生的可靠性、有效性和清晰度。此外,将确定与寻求帮助意图相关的关键信念。该项目的核心产品将是一个综合性的研究工具,用于识别工程学生与心理健康相关的求助信念。该研究工具的大规模实施将允许识别关键信念,这些信念可以有针对性地制定干预策略,以改善工科本科学生的心理健康相关求助。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命,并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估,被认为值得支持。

项目成果

期刊论文数量(4)
专著数量(0)
科研奖励数量(0)
会议论文数量(0)
专利数量(0)
Investigating mental health distress and help-seeking perceptions in first-year engineering students
调查一年级工科学生的心理健康困扰和寻求帮助的看法
  • DOI:
  • 发表时间:
    2022
  • 期刊:
  • 影响因子:
    0
  • 作者:
    Armstrong, I.;Dailey, D.;Wilder, K.;Blackburn-Lynch, W.;Hammer, J.H.;Wilson, S.A.
  • 通讯作者:
    Wilson, S.A.
“It's very important to my professors…at least most of them”: How messages from engineering faculty and staff influence student beliefs around seeking help for their mental health.
“这对我的教授们来说非常重要……至少对他们中的大多数人来说”:工程教职员工的信息如何影响学生寻求心理健康帮助的信念。
  • DOI:
  • 发表时间:
    2023
  • 期刊:
  • 影响因子:
    0
  • 作者:
    Ban, N.;Mensah, L.O.;Whitwer, M.;Hargis, L.E.;Wright, C.J.;Hammer, J.H.;Wilson, S.A.
  • 通讯作者:
    Wilson, S.A.
Identifying common perceived stressors and stress-relief strategies among undergraduate engineering students
识别工程本科生常见的感知压力源和减压策略
  • DOI:
  • 发表时间:
    2022
  • 期刊:
  • 影响因子:
    0
  • 作者:
    Ban, N.;Shannon, H.;Wright, C.J.;Miller, M.E.;Hargis, L.E.;Usher, E.L.;Hammer, J.H.;Wilson, S.A.
  • 通讯作者:
    Wilson, S.A.
Identifying mental health related help-seeking beliefs in undergraduate engineers
识别本科工程师与心理健康相关的求助信念
  • DOI:
  • 发表时间:
    2022
  • 期刊:
  • 影响因子:
    0
  • 作者:
    Miller, M.E.;Wright, C.J.;Hargis, L.E.;Usher, E.L.;Hammer, J.H.;Wilson, S.A.
  • 通讯作者:
    Wilson, S.A.
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Sarah Wilson其他文献

Prescription Of analgesia in Emergency Medicine (POEM): a multicentre observational survey of pain relief in patients presenting with an isolated limb fracture and/or dislocation
急诊医学镇痛处方 (POEM):针对孤立性肢体骨折和/或脱位患者疼痛缓解的多中心观察性调查
  • DOI:
    10.1177/2049463719858513
  • 发表时间:
    2020
  • 期刊:
  • 影响因子:
    1.8
  • 作者:
    J. Sheehan;Sarah Wilson;J. Quinlan;S. Beer;M. Darwent;J. Dainty;M. Ezra;L. Keating
  • 通讯作者:
    L. Keating
Volunteering in Later Life: From Disengagement to Civic Engagement
晚年的志愿服务:从脱离到公民参与
  • DOI:
  • 发表时间:
    2011
  • 期刊:
  • 影响因子:
    0
  • 作者:
    Greg O’Neill;N. Morrow;Sarah Wilson
  • 通讯作者:
    Sarah Wilson
Driving and dementia: a clinician's
驾驶和痴呆症:临床医生的观点
  • DOI:
  • 发表时间:
    2013
  • 期刊:
  • 影响因子:
    0
  • 作者:
    G. Pinner;Sarah Wilson
  • 通讯作者:
    Sarah Wilson
Identifying Engineering Students’ Beliefs About Seeking Help for Mental Health Concerns
确定工科学生对于寻求心理健康问题帮助的信念
A sinister needle in an enormous haystack: A clinician survey regarding Acute Aortic Syndrome diagnostic practice in United Kingdom Emergency Departments
大海捞针:关于英国急诊科急性主动脉综合征诊断实践的临床医生调查
  • DOI:
    10.4081/ecj.2022.10758
  • 发表时间:
    2022
  • 期刊:
  • 影响因子:
    0.5
  • 作者:
    R. McLatchie;Aakash Gupta;Sarah Wilson;M. Reed;Aortic Dissection Diagnosis in ED Research Group
  • 通讯作者:
    Aortic Dissection Diagnosis in ED Research Group

Sarah Wilson的其他文献

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{{ truncateString('Sarah Wilson', 18)}}的其他基金

Planning: Track 1: Engineering WISE (Wellness through Integrated Support and Engagement)
规划:轨道 1:Engineering WISE(通过综合支持和参与实现健康)
  • 批准号:
    2316787
  • 财政年份:
    2023
  • 资助金额:
    $ 19.99万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
Research: Identifying intervention targets to increase mental health help seeking in undergraduate engineers
研究:确定干预目标以增加本科工程师的心理健康寻求帮助
  • 批准号:
    2225567
  • 财政年份:
    2022
  • 资助金额:
    $ 19.99万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
NeTS-VO: A Virtual Organization for the NeTS community
NeTS-VO:NetS 社区的虚拟组织
  • 批准号:
    2106600
  • 财政年份:
    2021
  • 资助金额:
    $ 19.99万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
Young People Creating Belonging: Spaces, Sounds and Sight
年轻人创造归属感:空间、声音和视觉
  • 批准号:
    ES/I010165/1
  • 财政年份:
    2010
  • 资助金额:
    $ 19.99万
  • 项目类别:
    Research Grant

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