Making the grade: a pilot investigation of an e-intervention to increase mental health literacy and help-Seeking intentions among international university students

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Clough, Bonnie A
Nazareth, Sonia M
Casey, Leanne M
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2019
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International students may have less understanding and awareness of mental health issues and appear unlikely to seek help. The purpose of the current study was to construct and evaluate a brief online educational intervention designed to increase mental health literacy (MHL) and help-seeking among international tertiary students studying in Australia. The intervention was tested among 45 international tertiary students (undergraduate and postgraduate), who were randomly allocated to control and intervention conditions. The intervention led to significant improvements in help-seeking attitudes, particularly in stigmatising attitudes. No significant effects were found for MHL or help-seeking intentions. A brief educational intervention can improve help-seeking attitudes among international tertiary students. Future research may focus on establishing optimal intervention dosage.

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British Journal of Guidance and Counselling

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This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 03 Oct 2019, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2019.1673312

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Specialist studies in education

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Psychology, Applied

Tertiary education

university students

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Clough, BA; Nazareth, SM; Casey, LM, Making the grade: a pilot investigation of an e-intervention to increase mental health literacy and help-Seeking intentions among international university students, British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2019

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