This study explored the prevalence of stressors and their impact on distress for international students who did not seek help, those who sought either informal or professional help, and those who accessed both informal and professional help. Results indicated that international students underutilize professional support services when faced with serious stressors, such as assaults, and often do not seek help from any source for those stressors contributing most to their overall distress. Those endorsing higher levels of belonging, sense of coherence, mindfulness, academic and social integration and their sense of connection to their university tend to turn to informal sources of support, while those with lower levels tend to turn to professional supports. Implications for prevention, outreach, and clinical practice are discussed.

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留学生压力、心理因素与求助来源的关系

本研究探讨了压力源的普遍性及其对不寻求帮助的国际学生、寻求非正式或专业帮助的国际学生以及同时获得非正式和专业帮助的国际学生的影响。结果表明，国际学生在面临严重的压力源（例如袭击）时未充分利用专业支持服务，并且通常不会向任何来源寻求帮助，以解决对他们的整体压力影响最大的压力源。那些认同更高水平的归属感、一致性、正念、学术和社会融合以及他们与大学的联系感的人倾向于寻求非正式的支持来源，而那些较低水平的人倾向于寻求专业支持。讨论了对预防、外展和临床实践的影响。