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LOCUS OF CONTROL, STIGMA AND CULTURE AS DETERMINANTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH-SEEKING BEHAVIOUR AMONG PUBLIC UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN GHANA

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dc.contributor.author Araba Mba, Patience
dc.date.accessioned 2023-11-24T13:50:23Z
dc.date.available 2023-11-24T13:50:23Z
dc.date.issued 2022-06
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10304
dc.description ii,ill,234 en_US
dc.description.abstract This study examined determinants of psychological health-seeking behaviour among students of selected public universities in Ghana. Specifically, the study investigated whether locus of control, stigma and culture have effects on the health-seeking behaviour of the respondents. The target population comprised 5,369 regular undergraduate students in four public universities in Ghana: University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), University for Development Studies (UDS) and University of Cape Coast (UCC). A sample of 588 respondents was selected from the four public universities for the study which adopted the mixed methods research design, employed questionnaire and interview for data collection. Locus of control, stigma, culture and attitudes towards seeking professional psychological help short form (ATSPPHS-SF) scales were employed to explore the relationship between health-seeking behaviour and locus of control, stigmatization and culture. The independent t test, ANOVA and the Structural Equation Model were the statistical tools for the data analysis, whilst the software packages for data analysis, editing, coding and computation was the Statistical Product and Service Solution (SPSS version 20). Findings revealed that age and gender have no significant influence on the health-seeking behaviour of the students, but geographical location has a significant effect. Also, each of the three independent variables (locus of control, stigmatisation and culture) significantly predicted the health seeking behaviour of the respondents. These findings call for counsellors to focus on anti-stigma campaigns, while paying critical attention to the cultural orientation and the personality profiles of their clients en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Cape Coast en_US
dc.subject Culture en_US
dc.subject Health-seeking behaviour en_US
dc.subject Locus of control en_US
dc.subject Psychological health en_US
dc.title LOCUS OF CONTROL, STIGMA AND CULTURE AS DETERMINANTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH-SEEKING BEHAVIOUR AMONG PUBLIC UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN GHANA en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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