Uloga javne stigme i samostigmatizacije u razumijevanju stavova studenata prema traženju profesionalne pomoći

master's thesis

• Title (english): The role of public stigma and self-stigmatization in understanding students' attitudes toward seeking professional help
• Author: Ana Posavčević
• Mentor: Miranda Novak (mentor)
• Committee member: Miranda Novak (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Martina Ferić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Josipa Mihić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2021-06-24, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education/Rehabilitation Sciences

Abstract

Cilj ovog diplomskog rada bio je ispitati stavove studenata prema traženju stručne pomoći, njihova dosadašnja iskustva u traženju pomoći, kao i ispitati razinu javne stigme i samostigmatizacije.
Istraživanje je provedeno putem online upitnika na platformi Google Forms koji je bio aktivan od 26. travnja do 26. svibnja 2021. godine. Prigodni uzorak činilo je 406 studenata. Stavovi prema traženju profesionalne pomoći ispitivali su se Upitnikom stavova o traženju stručne pomoći (eng. The Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help - Short Form) (Lefebvre, Lesage, Cyr, Toupin i Fournier, 1998), samostigmatizacija se ispitivala Upitnikom samostigmatizacije zbog traženja pomoći (eng. Self-Stigma of Seeking Help Scale) autora Vogela i suradnika (2006) a javna stigma Upitnikom javne stigme kod primanja stručne pomoći (eng. Stigma Scale for Receiving Psychological Help) autora Komiya i suradnika (2000). Osim navedenih upitnika, za potrebe istraživanja konstruiran je i demografski dio upitnika koji je ispitivao iskustva u traženju pomoći, zadovoljstvo dobivenom pomoći, barijere i znanja studenata o traženju pomoći.
Rezultati su pokazali kako studenti pokazuju generalno pozitivne stavove prema traženju pomoći te relativno nisku razinu javne stigme i samostigmatizacije. Osim toga, dokazana je rodna razlika u sva tri konstrukta na način da studentice, u usporedbi sa studentima, iskazuju pozitivnije stavove prema traženju pomoći i nižu razinu javne stigme i samostigmatizacije. Nadalje, pokazalo se kako su pozitivniji stavovi prema traženju pomoći povezani s nižom razinom javne stigme i samostigmatizacije. Također, pokazalo se kako se studenti oba spola češće obraćaju neformalnim izvorima pomoći te iskazuju zadovoljstvo prijašnjim iskustvima u traženju profesionalne pomoći.

Abstract (english)

The aim of the present paper is to examine students' attitudes towards seeking professional help, their previous experience and the level of public stigma and self-stigmatization.
The research was conducted using an online questionnaire on the Google Forms platform, active from April 26 to May 26, 2021. The random sample consisted of 406 students. The short-form questionnaire Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help (Lefebvre, Lesage, Cyr, Toupin and Fournier, 1998) was used to examine the attitudes towards seeking professional help. The Self-Stigma of Seeking Help Scale (Vogel et al. 2006) was used to measure the self-stigmatization, whereas public stigma was measured using the Stigma Scale for Receiving Psychological Help (Komiya et al., 2000). In addition, demographic questions were designed to examine students’ experience in seeking help, their satisfaction with the received help, barriers they encounter as well as their knowledge about help-seeking.
The results reveal that students have generally positive attitudes towards seeking help and show relatively low level of public stigma and self-stigmatization. The gender difference has also been confirmed in all three constructs. Namely, female students demonstrated more positive attitudes towards help-seeking and lower level of public stigma and self-stigmatization. Furthermore, more positive attitudes towards seeking help have been shown to be associated with lower levels of public stigma and self-stigmatization. Finally, it was shown that both male and female students more often turn to informal sources and express satisfaction with their previous experience in help-seeking.

• Keywords: traženje pomoći; stavovi; javna stigma; samostigmatizacija
• Keywords (english): help-seeking; attitudes; public stigma; self-stigmatization
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:158:626917
• Study programme: Title: Graduate study of Social Pedagogy; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra socijalne pedagogije (magistar/magistra socijalne pedagogije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-01-26 11:47:16