- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Utilization of mental health services amongst African-American women, 2017
- Creator:
- Brown, Amber M.
- Date of Original:
- 2017-05-22
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This thesis examines mental health utilization amongst African-American women. The study specifically investigated the factors that may predict help seeking behaviors: depression, stigma, African acculturation, mistrust, and religious commitment. The study also examined the role demographics has on African-American women utilizing mental health services. The study examined the following demographics, income, age, marital status, and education status. The sample size consisted 40 African American women, with ages ranging from 18 to 65. The results indicated that age and depression may impact African-American women seeking mental health services. The results showed that stigma, African acculturation, mistrust, religious commitment, income, marital status and education have no statistical significance in predicting African-American women utilizing mental health services. KEY TERMS: Mental Health, Community Psychology, Counseling, Education, Health Psychology, Psychology, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Social Psychology, Social Work, Urban Studies and Planning
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2017_brown_amber_m
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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