ArticleJournal of clinical psychology in medical settings2024
Normative Perceptions and Medical Providers' Help-Seeking Behavior in a Rural Health Setting.
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Healthcare providers experience greater work stress and mental health concerns compared to the general population. This study aimed to better understand factors that promote engagement in help-seeking behaviors among rural medical providers. Considering a social norms perspective, this study examined: (a) the accuracy of medical providers' perceptions of injunctive (i.e., approval of) norms related to seeking time off for their own medical, mental, and social health care (b) determine whether greater self-other differences (SODs) predict a greater likelihood of help-seeking behavior, and (c) examine associations between self-valuation, SODs, and self-care behaviors. Electronic surveys were emailed to 805 rural medical providers (17.8% response rate). Findings suggested that providers believed that their coworkers were less approving of help-seeking behavior for a psychosocial or mental health reason than they actually were. Furthermore, self-other differences (SODs) of injunctive norms predicted help-seeking behavior, such that those with greater SODs reported less help-seeking behavior. Although this research provides some foundational evidence for the role of normative perceptions in self-care behaviors, larger systemic and organizational problems continue to drive these struggles and contribute to burnout. Future research might examine the interplay of normative interventions and organizational changes to enhance help-seeking behaviors among medical providers.
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