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- Title
Attitudes Toward Mental Health Services in Hispanic Older Adults: The Role of Misconceptions and Personal Beliefs.
- Authors
Jang, Yuri; Chiriboga, David A.; Herrera, Julio R.; Tyson, Dinorah Martinez; Schonfeld, Lawrence
- Abstract
Focusing on misconceptions and personal beliefs associated with depression, the present study explored predictors of attitudes toward mental health services in a sample of 297 Hispanic older adults living in public housing ( M age = 76.0 years, SD = 7.74). Results from a hierarchical regression analysis showed that negative attitudes towards mental health services were predicted by advanced age, belief that having depression would make family members disappointed, and belief that counseling brings too many bad feelings such as anger and sadness. Findings suggest that interventions designed to promote positive attitudes toward mental health services of older Hispanics should address misconceptions and personal beliefs.
- Subjects
ACCULTURATION; ANALYSIS of variance; ATTITUDE (Psychology); HEALTH attitudes; HISPANIC Americans; MARITAL status; MENTAL health services; MENTAL illness; RESEARCH evaluation; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; EDUCATIONAL attainment
- Publication
Community Mental Health Journal, 2011, Vol 47, Issue 2, p164
- ISSN
0010-3853
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10597-009-9274-8