Mental Health knowledge and Reported Intended Behaviour Among Non-Psychology Students: A Survey Based, Correlational Study
Keywords:
Mental Health, Knowledge, Positive Behaviour, Non-psychology student, PsychologyAbstract
Objective:
The aim was to explore the relationship between knowledge of mental health and associated behavior towards mentally ill individuals. This research paper is based on the hypothesis of participants who achieving higher scores on mental health knowledge scale may achieve higher score on positive behavior scale, indicating a positive correlation between them.
Methods:
100 University students, aged 18-30, both male and female (i.e., 50:50 male & female) were selected. Data was collected by using survey research method, survey forms based on two scales MAKS (mental health knowledge schedule) & RIBS (reported intended behavior scale), on target population by employing random convenience sampling technique. The statistical analysis used was Pearson correlation between knowledge and behavior variables, and Independent T-test.
Result:
Results showed that there is a very weak positive relationship between higher knowledge of mental health and higher positive behavior towards mentally ill individuals, and the difference across all four comparisons was found insignificant.
Conclusion:
In conclusion knowledge does have some significant relationship with positive behavior, indicating the more knowledge regarding mental health people have, the more positively they will behave towards mentally ill.
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