Viviana Solorio & Dr. Argero Zerr
Abstract
There have been many studies that have linked parenting styles and adolescent well-being, but limited research on parental attitudes toward psychological services. Parental motivation in the use of mental health services have been linked to successful results (Brent et al., 2020). A previous study showed that receiving mental health services is less likely among children in first-generation immigrant families (Cheng & Lo, 2022). The purpose of this study is to compare attitudes towards mental health services across different parenting styles. Participants in our study included 171 caregivers of 2 to 17-year-olds. Caregivers responded to online survey questions using Qualtrics. The ethnic background of the participants varied, with 55% of the sample size being Caucasian, 35% Hispanic/Latino, 5% African American, 9% Asian, and the remaining 5% reported another ethnicity. Attitudes towards mental health were assessed using the Parental Attitudes Towards Psychological Services Inventory (PATPSI; Turner, 2012) and parenting styles were measured using the Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire (Robinson et al., 2001). An ANOVA will examine how attitudes toward mental health differ across parents with authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive parenting style. We hypothesize that authoritative parents will have a more positive attitude towards psychological services, compared to authoritarian and permissive parents. An independent samples-t test will also compare attitudes towards mental health services between parents who are first generation and parents who are second generation or more. We hypothesize that, when compared with the other generations, first-generation parents will have a more negative attitude towards psychological services. The results of this study will give us a better understanding of the parental factors that may contribute to child use of mental health services.
Details
Session 2
3:00pm – 4:30pm
Grand Salon
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