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Mental wellness in United Arab Emirates female post-secondary students

The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the prevalence of mental illness in a nonrandom
sample of undergraduate female Emirati students in the United Arab Emirates. In
addition, students’ views and attitudes towards counselling were solicited. One hundred
and twenty-three women completed Golberg and Hillier’s (1979) 28-item scaled version
of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28). The GHQ-28 revealed a high prevalence
of mental illness (51%) among the students surveyed, using a GHQ-28 threshold of eight.
Furthermore, students reported they held favourable views towards counselling despite
never having sought counselling services. The differences between American/European
and Arab views of mental illness are explored as one of several limitations to this study.
Recommendations for future research are noted. / xii, 117 leaves ; 29 cm

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:ALU.w.uleth.ca/dspace#10133/3078
Date January 2011
CreatorsSmith, Megan Theresa, University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education
ContributorsMcBride, Dawn Lorraine
PublisherLethbridge, Alta. :|bUniversity of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education,|c2011, Education
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
RelationThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education)

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