Barlow, Michelle (2021) Do attitudes regarding digital mental health predict intentions to use and preferences towards digital mental health services? Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
Although previous research has shown that digital mental health services (dMHs) are effective most people indicate a preference for face-to-face services. The current study aims to investigate whether attitudes towards dMHs influences adults’ intentions to use and preferences for, dMHs particularly since COVID-19. A sample of Australian community members and university students were recruited through social media, and undergraduate courses at the University of Southern Queensland, and Griffith University. Respondents over the age of 18 completed a cross-sectional online survey including questions about their attitudes towards dMHs, (e-Therapy attitudes and process questionnaire), preferences for mental health services delivery (e.g. face-to-face, self-help online, therapist-assisted online etc) and willingness to participate in dMHs in the future (intentions to use e-Mental Health Services). A mixed sample of 358 community members and university students (M = 27.91, SD = 11.35) were recruited and completed the questionnaire. Data was analysed using logistic regression to examine the role of attitudes towards dMHs on intentions to use and preferences for dMHs. A more favorable attitude towards dMHs (higher scores on eTAPs) is expected to be associated with an intention to use and preference for dMHs over face to face. The results of this study showed that a more favourable attitude towards dMHs indicated a higher intention to use dMHs in the future however, preference was not influenced by attitude towards dMHs. This study will contribute to the understanding of public perception of dMH services.
|
Statistics for this ePrint Item |
| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
|---|---|
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Current UniSQ staff and students can request access to this thesis. Please email research.repository@unisq.edu.au with a subject line of SEAR thesis request and provide: Name of the thesis requested and Your name and UniSQ email address |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Counselling (1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Supervisors: | Sonja March |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Jul 2025 03:45 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jul 2025 03:45 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | attitude ; preferences ; intentions ; digital mental health ; e-mental health |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52143 |
Actions (login required)
 |
Archive Repository Staff Only |
