The COVID-19 Pandemic & College Students’ Perceptions of Access to Mental Health Services
Table 5.
Mean scores and frequencies for eachnon-stigma barrier in the BACE (n=116)
|
| Item no. |
Barrier |
Mean (sd) |
% reporting barrier to any degree |
% reporting as major barrier (‘a lot’) |
|
|
| 2. |
Wanting to solve the problem on my own |
2.38(1.10) |
52.2 |
21.4 |
|
| 13. |
Not being able to afford the financial costs involved |
2.33(1.11) |
50.4 |
50.4 |
|
| 8. |
Thinking the problem would get better by itself |
2.21(0.94) |
64.2 |
9.4 |
|
| 4. |
Difficulty taking time off work |
2.19(1.10) |
47 |
17.9 |
|
| 1. |
Being unsure where to go get professional care |
2.05(0.97) |
55.5 |
11.1 |
|
| 20. |
Dislike of talking about my feelings, emotion, or thoughts |
2.03(1.02) |
49.6 |
11.1 |
|
| 10. |
Being unhappy with the available services |
1.98(1.01) |
48.7 |
11.1 |
|
| 24. |
Concerns about the treatments available (e.g.) medication side effects) |
1.98(1.03) |
46.2 |
11.1 |
|
| 27. |
Having had previous bad experiences with professional care for mental health |
1.87(1.00) |
43.6 |
7.7 |
|
| 23. |
Lack of trust in professionals who provide professional care for mental health problems |
1.85(0.92) |
49.6 |
6.8 |
|
| 32. |
Thinking appointments take too much time or are inconvenient |
1.78(0.95) |
41.9 |
7.7 |
|
| 15. |
Thinking that professional care probably would not help |
1.77(0.99) |
37.6 |
9.4 |
|
| 18. |
Being too unwell to ask for help |
1.70(0.97) |
35.2 |
7.7 |
|
| 30. |
Thinking I did not have a problem |
1.66(0.85) |
41.1 |
4.3 |
|
| 5. |
Fear of being put in hospital against my will |
1.67(0.98) |
29.9 |
8.5 |
|
| 12. |
Preferring to get alternative forms of care (e.g. spiritual care, non-Western healing/medicine, complementary therapies) |
1.60(0.87) |
34.2 |
5.1 |
|
| 35. |
Having no one who could help get me professional care |
1.52(0.88) |
26.5 |
5.1 |
|
| 7. |
Problems with transport or travelling to appointment |
1.49(0.81) |
29.1 |
3.4 |
|
| 28. |
Preferring to get help from family or friends |
1.48(0.78) |
29.9 |
4.3 |
|
| 17. |
Professionals from my own ethnic or cultural group not being available |
1.45(0.85) |
21.4 |
5.1 |
|
| 22. |
Having no one who could come to appointments with me |
1.44(0.75) |
29.1 |
10.7 |
|
| 34. |
Having problems with childcare while I receive professional care |
1.41(0.82) |
18 |
4.3 |
|
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