{"title":"ATTITUDE TOWARDS MENTAL ILLNESS, SENSE OF COMMUNITY, SELFCOMPASSION AND HELP-SEEKING ATTITUDE - A COMPARATIVE STUDY","authors":"Sushmitha Subramani","doi":"10.36106/ijsr/2603110","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Background: Most studies that have explored sense of community (SOC), attitude towards mental illness (AMI), self-compassion (SC), and\nattitude towards seeking professional help (ATSPH), have studied them individually in one sample population only without taking into\nconsideration the geographical variations.Method: The comparative study used the ex-post facto research design and the mixed-method\nexplanatory sequential design to understand the effect of SOC and AMI on SC and ATSPH while comparing University students (n=124) from 2\nIndian states Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat. Results: The data from Lucknow and Vadodara were compared, SOC had no signicant effect on SC and\nATSPH, but AMI had a signicant effect on SC and ATSPH. The qualitative study exploring AMI in Lucknow sample from Media department\n(n=10) highlighted three themes- reactions, causes and cures. The sub-themes of 'reactions' were sympathy, shock, and agony. The sub-themes of\n'causes' were environmental factors, emotional factors, adverse experiences, and biological factors. The sub-themes of 'cures' were environment,\npleasurable activities, care, medications, love, sympathy, and togetherness.","PeriodicalId":14358,"journal":{"name":"International journal of scientific research","volume":"11 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International journal of scientific research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.36106/ijsr/2603110","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Background: Most studies that have explored sense of community (SOC), attitude towards mental illness (AMI), self-compassion (SC), and
attitude towards seeking professional help (ATSPH), have studied them individually in one sample population only without taking into
consideration the geographical variations.Method: The comparative study used the ex-post facto research design and the mixed-method
explanatory sequential design to understand the effect of SOC and AMI on SC and ATSPH while comparing University students (n=124) from 2
Indian states Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat. Results: The data from Lucknow and Vadodara were compared, SOC had no signicant effect on SC and
ATSPH, but AMI had a signicant effect on SC and ATSPH. The qualitative study exploring AMI in Lucknow sample from Media department
(n=10) highlighted three themes- reactions, causes and cures. The sub-themes of 'reactions' were sympathy, shock, and agony. The sub-themes of
'causes' were environmental factors, emotional factors, adverse experiences, and biological factors. The sub-themes of 'cures' were environment,
pleasurable activities, care, medications, love, sympathy, and togetherness.