ABSTRACT

College student-athletes are at-risk for mental health issues, as well as for not accessing mental health services. Stigma about needing/receiving mental health services is often presumed to be a barrier to mental healthcare but the role of racial/ethnic minority status is largely absent from inquiries on these processes. Utilizing Healthy Minds Study data spanning 2015–2019 (N_weighted = 4,089), this study examined racial/ethnic variations in mental health stigma in relation to mental health psychotherapy utilization for student-athletes. Interaction results suggested racial/ethnic variations. There were no correlations between personal or perceived public stigma and mental health psychotherapy utilization for racial/ethnic minority student-athletes. Conversely, perceived public stigma was tied to mental health psychotherapy utilization whereas personal stigma was linked to unmet mental health need for White student-athletes. While stigma has been presumed to be a driving force of student-athletes’ unmet mental health needs, findings suggest variations based on racial/ethnic minority status and type of stigma.

摘要

大学生运动员面临心理健康问题以及无法获得心理健康服务的风险。关于需要/接受精神卫生服务的污名化通常被认为是精神卫生保健的障碍，但在对这些过程的调查中，种族/少数民族地位的作用在很大程度上是缺失的。利用 2015-2019 年的健康心理研究数据（N_加权 = 4,089），这项研究调查了与学生运动员心理健康心理治疗利用相关的心理健康耻辱的种族/民族差异。互动结果表明种族/民族差异。种族/族裔少数学生运动员的个人或感知到的公众污名与心理健康心理治疗利用之间没有相关性。相反，感知到的公众污名与心理健康心理治疗的利用有关，而个人污名与白人学生运动员未满足的心理健康需求有关。虽然污名被认为是学生运动员心理健康需求未得到满足的驱动力，但研究结果表明，基于种族/少数民族地位和污名类型的差异。