Honors Thesis Archive
| Author | McKenna Boling |
|---|---|
| Title | Differences in Attitudes Toward Mental Health: A Cross-religious Comparison |
| Department | Psychology |
| Advisor | Lauren Crane |
| Year | 2024 |
| Honors | University Honors |
| Full Text | View Thesis (977 KB) |
| Abstract | This study focuses on the possibility of differing attitudes toward mental health between Buddhists, Muslims, and undergraduate students and how knowledge and framing effects might play a role in these attitudes. Participants were recruited for an online survey containing three distinct measures of mental health literacy, religious coping techniques, and attitudes toward mental health. Four tests found no significant differences in mental health literacy or attitudes between Buddhists and Muslims, and video framing was not found to affect mental health attitudes regardless of the participant’s knowledge level, and Muslims tended to incorporate religious coping techniques much more frequently than Buddhists and the undergraduate sample. This study suggests that religious identity and coping preferences may be important to consider for the future of culturally competent therapeutic services. |
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