ERIC Number: EJ1268831
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
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Does the Andersen Behavioral Model of Health Services Use Predict College Students' Use of On-Campus Mental Health Services?
Journal of American College Health, v68 n6 p631-643 2020
Objective: 10-50% of college students meet the diagnostic criteria for one or more mental illnesses; unfortunately, less than half seek treatment. This study assessed the predictive power of specific variables on students' use of on-campus mental health resources using the American College Health Association's National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA) II. Participants: Respondents included undergraduate and graduate students ages 18-35 years (n = 96,121). Methods: We analyzed data from the ACHA-NCHA II Fall 2014 and Spring 2015. Andersen's Behavioral Model of Health Services Use enabled selection of predisposing, enabling, and need predictor variables; these were analyzed individually and collectively. Results: Predisposing, enabling, and need variables accounted for 9%, 2.3%, and 17% of the overall variance. Significant variables associated with a student's decision to access on-campus mental health services accounted for 23% of variance total. Conclusions: This insight could allow universities to better recognize students at-risk for needing but not accessing mental health services.
Descriptors: College Students, Access to Health Care, Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Predictor Variables, School Health Services, Health Behavior, Student Characteristics, At Risk Students, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Gender Differences, Gender Issues, Age Differences, LGBTQ People, Interpersonal Relationship, Marital Status, Help Seeking, Health Insurance, Fraternities, Sororities, Student Employment, College Athletics, Institutional Characteristics, Religion, Geographic Location, Veterans, Foreign Students, College Transfer Students, Psychological Patterns
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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