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- Title
Evaluating a Student-Led Mental Health Awareness Campaign.
- Authors
Giroux, Dominique; Geiss, Elisa
- Abstract
The present study evaluated if a weeklong mental health awareness campaign on a college campus would decrease selfstigma toward seeking help. Participants were 204 fulltime undergraduate students attending a small private liberal arts college in the Midwest (October, 2017). The mental health awareness campaign offered activities where students were exposed to interactive events and education about campus crisis resources. Researchers measured selfstigma and attitudes toward seeking help through the SelfStigma of Seeking Help Scale (SSOSH) and Mental Help Seeking Attitude Scale (MHSAS) preand postawareness week. Results showed that student selfstigma toward seeking help decreased after a weeklong mental health awareness campaign. Specifically, we found a decrease in SSOSH scores, t(52) = 2.66, p = .01, d = 0.25, and an increase in MHSAS scores from pretest to posttest, t(56) = -2.72, p = .009, d = -0.29, indicating a reduction of selfstigma. We discuss results in the context of reducing stigma from a studentled mental health campaign and further provide suggestions on how to conduct an awareness campaign and test results at small colleges.
- Subjects
MENTAL health; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; HELP-seeking behavior; AWARENESS; COLLEGE campuses
- Publication
Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, 2019, Vol 24, Issue 1, p61
- ISSN
2164-8204
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24839/2325-7342.JN24.1.61