PURPOSE We aimed to investigate mental health help-seeking intentions and preferences of rural Chinese adults and determine predictors of the intentions. METHODS A total of 2052 representative rural residents aged 18-60 completed a cross-sectional survey by face-to-face interviews. The survey included seven questions asking about respondents' help-seeking intentions and preferences, and a ser...

OBJECTIVE Encouraging help-seeking for mental illness is essential for prevention of suicide. This study examined the relationship between individual characteristics, neighbourhood contexts and help-seeking intentions for mental illness for the purpose of elucidating the role of neighbourhood in the help-seeking process. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS A cross-sectional web-based survey was ...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine and predict users’ information-seeking intention regarding academic digital library services, using the theory of reasoned action (TRA) and the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Design/methodology/approach – Data are collected from 224 Taiwanese undergraduate and graduate students to assess the influence of attitude, subjective norm, and perceiv...

BACKGROUND Mexican immigrants in the United States suffer from poor oral health. The objective of the current study was to explore the utility of applying theory-based factors associated with seeking preventive dental care in a sample of Mexican American adults. METHODS Data were collected from a cross-sectional survey of a sample of 157 people of Mexican origin (64% female; age 34 ± 11 years...

BACKGROUND The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is a critical mediator linking stress to health. Understanding how to modulate its reactivity could potentially help reduce the detrimental health effects of HPA axis activation. Social evaluative threat is a potent activator of this system. Access to control and coping responses can reduce its reactivity to pharmacological activation. Co...

UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION In Australia, rural adolescents still face barriers to obtaining professional psychological help due to poor availability and accessibility of services in rural areas when delay in seeking help for mental health problems can lead to poorer treatment outcomes. The aims of this study were to: investigate the preferences and intentions of rural Australian youth towards seek...

the tourism industry is one of the most important phenomena in this century. to success in this filed, we need to study tourists and their behaviors. the current study aims to investigate the effects of behavioral variables such as variety seeking and novelty seeking on revisit intentions in the short, medium and long term, in order to study the process of return of tourists and identify touris...

This study aimed to examine whether social capital (bonding and bridging social capital) attenuate the effect of low functional health literacy on health information resources, efficacy, and behaviors. In-person interviews were conducted with 1,000 residents in Seoul, Korea, in 2011. The authors found that respondents' functional health literacy had positive effects on the scope of health infor...

In recent years, more and wealth management platforms have adopted Internet (IWM) services to attract users. Due the intensive competition low switching costs, it is essential for enhance users’ willingness continue using IWM services. Comprehensively considering role of network externalities herding, this study identified factors affecting continuous intention service. The research model was t...

OBJECTIVE To determine the intention to use hearing aids (HAs) by applying the theory of planned behavior (TPB). DESIGN The TPB is a widely used decision-making model based on three constructs hypothesized to influence the intention to perform a specific behavior; namely, "attitude toward the behavior", "subjective norm", and "behavioral control". The survey was based on a TPB-specific questi...