1. Psychological responses of football players to injury in a chosen professional Finnish football club : master’s thesisMario Matović, 2025, master's thesis Keywords: psychological responses to injury, sport injury, coping strategies, social support in sport, mental health stigma in athletes, fear of re-injury, fear of underperformance, professional football, Finland
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3. Cultural narratives, social norms, and psychological stigma : a study of mental health help-seeking behavior in Peshawar, PakistanDaraz Umar, Štefan Bojnec, Younas Khan, Zakir Hussain, 2025, original scientific article Abstract: Introduction: Mental health stigma remains a major barrier to accessing psychiatric care worldwide, with pronounced effects in culturally traditional societies such as Peshawar, Pakistan. In the Pashtun cultural context, the code of Pashtunwali—an honor-based system—shapes social attitudes and behaviors, potentially influencing mental health help-seeking patterns. This study examines how cultural narratives, social norms, and stigma interact to affect help-seeking behavior in this sociocultural setting. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among a stratified random sample of 400 adults aged 19 years and above in Peshawar. Data were collected using culturally validated instruments, including the Mental Illness Stigma Scale (MISS) and a Social Norms Scale. Bivariate analyses employed simple linear regression and binary logistic regression to examine individual relationships between variables. Multivariate analyses, including multiple linear regression and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), were used to assess combined effects and mediation pathways. Results: Cultural narratives had a positive impact on help-seeking behavior, explaining 42% of its variance. Stigma showed a significant negative association, decreasing help-seeking likelihood by 26% for each unit increase. Social norms demonstrated a positive association with help-seeking behavior and indirectly reduced stigma. Collectively, these variables accounted for 68% of the variance in help-seeking likelihood. Discussion: The findings highlight the pivotal role of culturally resonant narratives and supportive social norms rooted in Pashtunwali in improving mental health service utilization. Addressing stigma while reinforcing positive cultural frameworks can substantially enhance help-seeking behavior in Peshawar and similar sociocultural contexts.
Keywords: cultural narratives, mental health stigma, social norms, psychiatric help, structural equation modeling (SEM)
Published in RUP: 28.08.2025; Views: 646; Downloads: 4
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