Mental Health Stigma And Its Impact On Help-Seeking Behavior Among Undergraduate Students In Malaysia

Fatin Amalin, Che Pa (2022) Mental Health Stigma And Its Impact On Help-Seeking Behavior Among Undergraduate Students In Malaysia. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This study aimed to comprehend the relationship between mental health stigma and professional help-seeking attitudes among undergraduate students in Malaysia. The goal of this study is to prove that mental health stigma has a significant effect on helpseeking attitudes as well as improving the past findings relating to the correlation of stigma and help-seeking attitudes. A total of 142 participants which is undergraduate students from Malaysian University have been volunteered to take part in an online survey entitled “Mental Health Stigma and Its Impact on Help-seeking Attitudes”, for this quantitative method study. The questionnaire consists of demographic, students’ perceptions and attitudes towards mental health, stigma scale and mental health seeking attitudes scale in order to achieve the objectives of this study. After the data collection, data analysis was carried out by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Few statistical tests were carried out in order to check the validity and reliability of questionnaire as well as to test the hypotheses of this study. First and foremost, Cronbach’s Alpha has been carried out to assess the reliability of the questionnaire, and the result shows an excellent number revealing that the questionnaire is valid and reliable to be used in this study. Next, Pearson Correlation was carried out to investigate the relationship between mental health stigma as an independent variable and help-seeking attitudes as a dependent variable. Carrying out this test has made the null hypothesis being rejected. Last but not least, Multiple Regression was carried out to further comprehend the correlation of the variables. Carrying out this test has proven that the help-seeking attitudes can be predicted by students’ perceptions and attitudes towards mental health and mental health stigma.

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