Location
Comstock Memorial Union, MSUM
Document Type
Poster
Event Website
https://www.mnstate.edu/sac/
Description
Abstract: Entering college is a major life-changing milestone for many students that may introduce new stressors that have not been experienced before, causing mental or psychological turmoil. In place to combat this are various counseling services free for college students. Minnesota State University Moorhead offers a wide variety of student services, including in-person appointments or free memberships with mobile apps that can offer personalized care based on the student's needs or struggles. Although college campuses provide students with these services, there are low usage levels observed in previous research. To explore a potential reason college student do not utilize these services, this study aims to discover if the home environment, more specifically, the parenting style the student experienced growing up impacts their attitudes and beliefs regarding seeking help. To determine any correlations, a two-by-three factorial design will measure the likelihood of using counseling services based on the student's grade level (underclassmen or upperclassmen) and the parenting style (authoritative, authoritarian, or neither) that was experienced growing up. Following this, participants will be asked to complete a 25-item survey following a Likert Scale inspired by an Adult-Based Model of Help-Seeking. The results of this study indicate that while undergraduate students at MSUM are exceptional at recognizing when their emotions or mental health is being negatively impacted, few are willing to use the counseling services provided to them. The results of this study produced similar results to national scale studies measuring a similar topic.
Included in
Counseling Psychology Commons, Personality and Social Contexts Commons, Social Psychology Commons
Student Academic Conference
Comstock Memorial Union, MSUM
Abstract: Entering college is a major life-changing milestone for many students that may introduce new stressors that have not been experienced before, causing mental or psychological turmoil. In place to combat this are various counseling services free for college students. Minnesota State University Moorhead offers a wide variety of student services, including in-person appointments or free memberships with mobile apps that can offer personalized care based on the student's needs or struggles. Although college campuses provide students with these services, there are low usage levels observed in previous research. To explore a potential reason college student do not utilize these services, this study aims to discover if the home environment, more specifically, the parenting style the student experienced growing up impacts their attitudes and beliefs regarding seeking help. To determine any correlations, a two-by-three factorial design will measure the likelihood of using counseling services based on the student's grade level (underclassmen or upperclassmen) and the parenting style (authoritative, authoritarian, or neither) that was experienced growing up. Following this, participants will be asked to complete a 25-item survey following a Likert Scale inspired by an Adult-Based Model of Help-Seeking. The results of this study indicate that while undergraduate students at MSUM are exceptional at recognizing when their emotions or mental health is being negatively impacted, few are willing to use the counseling services provided to them. The results of this study produced similar results to national scale studies measuring a similar topic.
https://red.mnstate.edu/sac/2025/cehs/1