The relationship between causal beliefs about mental illness and marital instability, and help -seek...

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" The relationship between causal beliefs about mental illness and marital instability, and help -seeking preferences of Nigerian immigrants "
Olatunde Atanda Olusesi R. P. Foster

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	53542
Doc. No	:	TL23496
Call number	:	‭3303131‬
Main Entry	:	Olatunde Atanda Olusesi
Title & Author	:	The relationship between causal beliefs about mental illness and marital instability, and help -seeking preferences of Nigerian immigrants\ Olatunde Atanda Olusesi
College	:	New York University
Date	:	2008
Degree	:	Ph.D.
student score	:	2008
Page No	:	427
Abstract	:	This study investigated the relationship between causal beliefs about psychosis and marital instability and help-seeking preferences of 326 Nigerian immigrants who completed a 153-item survey. Results showed differential endorsement of intrapersonal, interpersonal, personal-circumstantial, and supernatural causal beliefs, with greater acceptance of the first two dimensions for psychosis and marital instability, respectively. The higher the Nigerian immigrants' educational levels, the less they accepted supernatural causation. Endorsing supernatural causation of psychosis, as well as personal-circumstantial causation of marital instability, was positively related to preference for informal help-seeking. Length of stay in the US was not related to preference for formal help-seeking for psychosis, or informal help-seeking for marital instability. However, it was positively related to preference for formal help-seeking for marital instability; and negatively related to preference for informal help-seeking for psychosis. Findings suggest that causal beliefs may affect help-seeking preferences. Culturally-sensitive guidelines for treating mental illness and marital instability are proposed.
Subject	:	Social sciences; Psychology; Causal beliefs; Culturally sensitive guidelines; Help-seeking; Help-seeking preferences; Immigrants; Marital instability; Mental illness; Nigerian; Nigerian immigrants; African Americans; Social work; Psychotherapy; Minority ethnic groups; Sociology; 0631:Sociology; 0452:Social work; 0631:Minority ethnic groups; 0622:Psychotherapy; 0325:African Americans
Added Entry	:	R. P. Foster
Added Entry	:	New York University