The Role Of Religiousity and Religious Coping Towards Seeking Psychological Help Among College Students In Semarang
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Religiousity, Religious Coping, Seeking Psychological Help, College Students
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Mental health problems are increasingly prevalent in Indonesia, but many people are still reluctant to seek professional psychological help. Religiosity is considered as one of the factors that can influence one's preference for seeking psychological help, especially in Indonesian society, specifically in the city of Semarang, Central Java, which the life of society closely related to the value of religiosity. Therefore this study aimed to see the contribution of religiosity and religious coping in influencing the search for psychological help. This research was conducted at two universities, one state university and one Islamic private university which were determined through random sampling. Data collection was carried out online and offline with the Indonesian Islamic Psychological Measure of Islamic Psychology (I-PMIR), Islamic Religious Coping Scale (RCOPE), Attitude Towards Seeking Psychological Help (ATSPH), and Mental Health Seeking Help Intentions Scale (MHSIS) and obtained a total of 731 respondents. Multiple regression analysis showed that attitude was the strongest predictor of intention to seek psychological help (B= 0,556, p<0,01), followed by religious coping (B= 0,08, p<0,01), while religiosity was not a significant predictor. Further analysis showed the unique contribution of religious coping aspects towards the intention of seeking psychological help with F (5, 725) = 8,721, p<0,01, R 0,238. There were also differences in the contribution of religiosity and religious coping to the intention of seeking psychological help based on the background of the respondent (state or private Islamic university) which discussed further in the article.
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The Role Of Religiousity and Religious Coping Towards Seeking Psychological Help Among College Students In Semarang. (2021). Psikis : Jurnal Psikologi Islami, 7(2), 104-119. https://doi.org/10.19109/psikis.v7i2.8599
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The Role Of Religiousity and Religious Coping Towards Seeking Psychological Help Among College Students In Semarang. (2021). Psikis : Jurnal Psikologi Islami, 7(2), 104-119. https://doi.org/10.19109/psikis.v7i2.8599
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Yousaf, O., Popat, A., & Hunter, M. S. (2015). An investigation of masculinity attitudes, gender, and attitudes toward
psychological help-seeking. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 16(2), 234–237.
Religious clergy or mental health professionals? Journal of Community Psychology, 32(6), 675–689. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.20026
Abe-Kim, J., Gong, F., & Takeuchi, D. (2004b). Religiosity, spirituality, and help-seeking among filipino americans: Religious clergy or mental health professionals? Journal of Community Psychology, 32(6), 675–689. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.20026
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50(2), 102–114. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020764004040957
Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan RI. (2018). Riset Kesehatan Dasar Republik Indonesia 2018.
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South London. BMC Psychiatry, 14(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-014-0275-y
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0167.45.1.58
Crosby, J. W., & Bossley, N. (2012). The religiosity gap: preferences for seeking help from religious advisors. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 15(2), 141–159. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2011.561485
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Hammer, J. H., & Spiker, D. A. (2018). Dimensionality, reliability, and predictive evidence of validity for three help-seeking intention instruments: ISCI, GHSQ, and MHSIS. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 65(3), 394–401.
https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000256
Hardika, Y. (2020). Bolehkah Membuka Aib Pribadi Saat Curhat atau Minta Solusi Pada Orang Lain? Ini Kata Buya Yahya. Serambinews.Com. https://aceh.tribunnews.com/2020/12/17/bolehkah-membuka-aib-pribadi-saat-curhat-atau-minta-solusi-pada-orang-lain-ini-kata-buya-yahya?page=3
Kelly, A. E., & Achter, J. A. (1995). Self-concealment and attitudes toward counseling in university students. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 42(1), 40–46. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.42.1.40
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Mayers, C., Leavey, G., Vallianatou, C., & Barker, C. (2007). How clients with religious or spiritual beliefs experience
psychological help-seeking and therapy: a qualitative study. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 14(4), 317–327.
Mechanic, D. (1962). Students under stress: A study of the social psychology of adaptation. In Students under stress: A study of the social psychology of adaptation. Free Press Glencoe.
Moreno, O., Nelson, T., & Cardemil, E. (2017). Religiosity and attitudes towards professional mental health services: analysing religious coping as a mediator among Mexican origin Latinas/os in the southwest United States. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 20(7), 626–637. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2017.1372735
Niegocki, K. L., & Ægisdóttir, S. (2019). College Students’ Coping and Psychological Help-Seeking Attitudes and Intentions. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 41(2), 144–157. https://doi.org/10.17744/mehc.41.2.04
Pargament, K., Feuille, M., & Burdzy, D. (2011). The Brief RCOPE: Current Psychometric Status of a Short Measure of
Religious Coping. Religions, 2, 51–76. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel2010051
Pheko, M. M., Chilisa, R., Balogun, S. K., & Kgathi, C. (2013). Predicting Intentions to Seek Psychological Help Among Botswana University Students : The Role of Stigma and Help-Seeking Attitudes. SAGE-Open, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244013494655
Phillips III, R. E., Pargament, K. I., Lynn, Q. K., & Crossley, C. D. (2004). Self-Directing Religious Coping: A Deistic God, Abandoning God, or No God at All? Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 43(3), 409–418. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5906.2004.00243.x
Raiya, H. A., Pargament, K. I., Mahoney, A., & Stein, C. (2008). A Psychological Measure of Islamic Religiousness : Development and Evidence for Reliability and Validity. 291–315. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508610802229270
Rogers-Sirin, L., Yanar, C., Yüksekbaş, D., Senturk, M. I., & Sirin, S. (2017). Religiosity, Cultural Values, and Attitudes Toward Seeking Psychological Services in Turkey. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48(10), 1587–1604. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022117732532
Rougier, C. (2011). Cultural Values Religiosity and Spirituality as Predictors of Professional Psychological Help-Seeking Behavior of Black Adults in the United States. Columbia University.
Sabina, C., Cuevas, C. A., & Schally, J. L. (2012). The Cultural Influences on Help-seeking Among a National Sample of Victimized Latino Women. American Journal of Community Psychology, 49(3–4), 347–363. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-011-9462-x
Salsabila, D. F., Rofifah, R., Natanael, Y., & Ramdani, Z. (2019). Uji Validitas Konstruk Indonesian-Psychological Measurement of Islamic Uji Validitas Konstruk Indonesian-Psychological Measurement of Islamic Religiousness ( I-PMIR ). Jurnal Psikologi Islam Dan Budaya, 2(2), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.15575/jpib.v2i2.5494
Sosulski, M. R., & Woodward, A. T. (2013). African American Women Living with Mental Disorders: Factors Associated with Help Seeking from Professional Services and Informal Supports. Social Work in Public Health, 28(7), 660–671. https://doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2011.593462
Sulistyani, D., Supradewi, R., & Syafitri, D. U. (2018). Hubungan Antara Koping Religius dengan Penyesuaian Diri Pada Mahasiswa Tingkat Awal di Universitas Islam Sultan Agung Semarang. Universitas Islam Sultan Agung.
Syafitri, D. U. (2018). Literasi Kesehatan Mental Mahasiswa di Kota Semarang. In Research Reports of Faculty of Psychology Sultan Agung Islamic University.
Syafitri, D. U. (2019). Perilaku mencari bantuan psikologis pada mahasiswa universitas islam sultan agung semarang.
Syafitri, D. U., & Kusumaningsih, L. P. S. (2021). Sikap terhadap bantuan psikologis (tatap muka dan daring) ditinjau dari penyembunyian diri, harapan pengungkapan, dan stigma diri pada mahasiswa. Jurnal Ilmiah Psikologi Terapan, 9(1), 84. https://doi.org/10.22219/jipt.v9i1.14151
Syafitri, D. U., & Wijayanti, N. (2017). Pentingnya Literasi Kesehatan Mental Sebagai Upaya Peningkatan Kualitas Hidup Masyarakat. Seminar Nasional BAPPEDA: Inovasi Dan Kreasi Memajukan Jawa Tengah, 1087–1095.
Turner, N., Hastings, J. F., & Neighbors, H. W. (2019). Mental health care treatment seeking among African Americans and Caribbean Blacks: what is the role of religiosity/spirituality? Aging and Mental Health, 23(7), 905–911. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2018.1453484
Wamser, R., Vandenberg, B., & Hibberd, R. (2011). Religious fundamentalism, religious coping, and preference for psychological and religious treatment. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 21(3), 228–236. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2011.581582
Wang, S., Wang, J., Li, J., & Zhou, K. (2020). How and when does religiosity contribute to tourists’ intention to behave pro-environmentally in hotels? Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 28(8), 1120–1137.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2020.1724122
Wendt, D., & Shafer, K. (2014). Gender and Attitudes about Mental Health Help Seeking: Results from National Data. Health and Social Work, 41(1), e20–e28. https://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/hlv089
Woodward, A. T., Taylor, R. J., & Chatters, L. M. (2012). Use of Professional and Informal Support by Black Men with Mental Disorders. Research on Social Work Practice, 23(1), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731510388668.Use
Yousaf, O., Popat, A., & Hunter, M. S. (2015). An investigation of masculinity attitudes, gender, and attitudes toward
psychological help-seeking. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 16(2), 234–237.