Mental Health Help-Seeking Behaviors and Barriers to Seeking Help Among Egyptian-Americans

My name is Anna Shehatta. I am a doctoral graduate student studying Clinical Psychology at The Chicago School in Anaheim and the principal investigator of this study. I am completing this study under the supervision of my dissertation chair, Dr. Erika Widera. This research contributes to my degree. The results from this survey will be used in my dissertation research project. The findings will help to better understand the interplay of level of acculturation, extent of mental health struggles, and religious affiliation on the mental health seeking behaviors of the Egyptian-American population. Additionally, this study aims to gain insight into the barriers that may exist to seeking help for mental health struggles. You will be asked questions about your demographics as well as questions regarding preexisting mental health symptoms, levels of acculturation, and barriers to seeking help.

The survey should take around 20-30 minutes to complete. In order to be eligible to participate you must identify as Egyptian, Coptic Orthodox or Muslim, over the age of 18, and be fluent in English or Arabic. This study can only be completed one time. Participation is entirely voluntary. You can withdraw at any point by navigating away from the web page with no negative consequences.