Moderated Mediation Study on the Factors affecting Mental Health Care Seeking Among University Students in Kenya
Location
Berrien Springs, MI
Event Website
https://ahsra.andrews.edu/
Start Date
23-5-2024 11:00 AM
End Date
23-5-2024 12:00 PM
Description
Mental health issues have become global public health concerns in recent time. Yet, in Kenya five out of six people who suffer from mental health issues do not seek help. This paper sort to uncover the moderating effect of demographic profile (Age, gender, & family structures) and the mediating effect of intention to seek help between the determinants of mental health and help seeking behavior among university students. This study used a quantitative methodology employing a Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) design. Six hundred and sixteen respondents from eight universities each representing the eight regions in Kenya participated in the study. Multi-stage sampling was used to select regions, universities, and clusters of students. The study was anchored in the Theory of Planned Behavior and the Social Ecological Model. The findings suggested that intention to seek help fully mediated the relationship between socio- cognitive factors and mental health care seeking sources. Moreover, intention partially mediated healthcare infrastructure and mental health care seeking sources. The results also showed that sex and family structures played a moderating role in the relationship among the independent and dependent variables. Finally, a new model that emerged was proposed as a resource for developing public health education programs that may be used for intervention purposes.
Moderated Mediation Study on the Factors affecting Mental Health Care Seeking Among University Students in Kenya
Berrien Springs, MI
Mental health issues have become global public health concerns in recent time. Yet, in Kenya five out of six people who suffer from mental health issues do not seek help. This paper sort to uncover the moderating effect of demographic profile (Age, gender, & family structures) and the mediating effect of intention to seek help between the determinants of mental health and help seeking behavior among university students. This study used a quantitative methodology employing a Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) design. Six hundred and sixteen respondents from eight universities each representing the eight regions in Kenya participated in the study. Multi-stage sampling was used to select regions, universities, and clusters of students. The study was anchored in the Theory of Planned Behavior and the Social Ecological Model. The findings suggested that intention to seek help fully mediated the relationship between socio- cognitive factors and mental health care seeking sources. Moreover, intention partially mediated healthcare infrastructure and mental health care seeking sources. The results also showed that sex and family structures played a moderating role in the relationship among the independent and dependent variables. Finally, a new model that emerged was proposed as a resource for developing public health education programs that may be used for intervention purposes.
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/ahsra/2024/presentations/13