Mental help-seeking intention among atheists and agnostics: Evidence from a non-western and highly religious country

Clicks: 1
ID: 284378
2025
Free PDF
Article Quality & Performance Metrics
Overall Quality
Not rated
Combines reader engagement with the AI quality analysis. This article has not been analysed, so there is no overall score — reader engagement is measured and shown alongside.
AI Quality Assessment
Not analyzed
Readership in this journal

Ranked #2,205 of 3,757 articles by views in Malay Journal

Most read Least read

Bar heights use a square-root scale. Only the 120 most-read articles are drawn; the journal has 3,757 in total.

Mint this article as an NFT
Not yet minted

Create a permanent, verifiable on-chain record of this article on the Scimatic Network. The NFT is held in your Journament account, and you can withdraw it to your own wallet at any time.

5 SUSD one-off · no wallet required
Sign in to mint
Abstract
This study investigates the predictors of mental help-seeking intention among minority religious groups, atheists, and agnostics in a predominantly religious country, the Philippines, using an extended theory of planned behavior (TPB) model. The study tested whether TPB variables (i.e., mental health attitudes, descriptive and injunctive norms, and perceived behavioral control) and stigma-related variables (i.e., self- stigma, social stigma, and anticipated stigma for being atheistic and agnostic) can predict mental help- seeking intention. Results of an online cross-sectional survey (N = 276) showed mental help-seeking attitudes and self-stigma are the strongest predictors of mental help-seeking intention. The findings highlighted that internal factors are salient in encouraging help-seeking among atheists and agnostics despite their highly religious, low religious diversity, and collectivistic environment. Implications point to the need for policies and programs to address the mental health needs of atheists and agnostics as religious minorities.
Reference Key
persistent_1760652489_68f16cc9b8c4e Use this key to autocite in the manuscript while using SciMatic Manuscript Manager or Thesis Manager
Authors Cabantog, Jan Mervynne
Journal Malay Journal
Year 2025
DOI
10.1037/sah0000468
URL
https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/14029
Keywords Keywords not found

Citations

No citations found. To add a citation, contact the admin at info@scimatic.org

Comments

No comments yet. Be the first to comment on this article.