Abstracts
Résumé
Introduction Les jeunes adultes ont, au Canada, les plus hauts taux de prévalence de l’anxiété et de la dépression, et sont aussi ceux qui utilisent le moins les services traditionnels de santé mentale. Faciliter l’accès à la thérapie chez les jeunes est ainsi particulièrement important, et ce, encore davantage dans les régions canadiennes plus rurales et auprès des minorités linguistiques. La thérapie informatisée pourrait être une option.
Objectifs Cette étude vise à évaluer jusqu’à quel point l’autostigmatisation, un besoin d’autonomie et les attitudes face à la thérapie informatisée permettent de prédire l’intention d’utiliser cette thérapie chez de jeunes adultes francophones. L’impact de la visite du site Web d’une clinique virtuelle sur cette intention a également été évalué.
Méthode Quarante-quatre étudiants fréquentant une université francophone du Nouveau-Brunswick ont complété, en ligne, des mesures autorapportées avant et suite à la visite du site Web de la clinique virtuelle MindSpot, en Australie, qui offre des thérapies informatisées.
Résultats Une séquence de corrélations significatives entre les variables étudiées est observée, mais seules des attitudes plus positives à l’égard de la thérapie informatisée sont directement corrélées à une plus grande intention de l’utiliser. La visite du site Web a produit une augmentation significative et importante de l’intention d’utiliser la thérapie informatisée.
Conclusions La thérapie informatisée pourrait faciliter l’accès aux traitements fondés sur les données probantes du stress, de l’anxiété et de la dépression chez les jeunes adultes francophones du Nouveau-Brunswick, voir d’autres parties du Canada. Cette approche demeure peu répandue encore à travers le pays.
Mots-clés :
- thérapie autogérée,
- thérapie informatisée,
- jeunes adultes,
- anxiété,
- dépression,
- attitudes
Abstract
Introduction Of all age groups, young Canadian adults have the highest prevalence rates of anxiety and depression. Yet, they are also the least likely to access traditional face-to-face mental health services. Facilitating access to evidence-based therapy among young adults is thus particularly important, namely in rural parts of Canada as well as among its linguistic minorities. Computerized therapy could be a cost-effective alternative. However, little is known about how young adults perceive it.
Objectives This study aimed to assess the influence of self-stigma, need for autonomy and attitudes toward computerized therapy on the intent of Francophone young adults to use computerized therapy. The impact of visiting the Website of a virtual psychology clinic on their intent to use computerized therapy was also assessed.
Method Forty-four young adults attending a French University in New Brunswick completed online self-report measures before and after visiting the Website of the MindSpot Clinic, a virtual psychology clinic offering evidence-based computerized therapy programs for anxiety and depression.
Results Higher levels of self-stigma were moderately correlated with higher levels of need for autonomy, which in turn were moderately associated with more positive attitudes toward computerized therapy. Only more positive attitudes toward computerized therapy were moderately and directly correlated with a higher intent of using this type of therapy. T-tests revealed that visiting the MindSpot Clinic’s Website produced a significant and large increase in the intent to use computerized therapy.
Conclusions Computerized therapy may facilitate access to evidence-based treatments of anxiety and depression among Francophone young adults from New Brunswick, and perhaps from other parts of Canada as well. Websites similar to the one of the MindSpot Clinic may be an efficient strategy to provide young Canadian adults with helpful information on computerized therapy, as this therapy format is not established yet in Canada. A research program conducted by the first author aims to make it accessible in New Brunswick in both official languages.
Keywords:
- self-help therapy,
- computerized therapy,
- young adults,
- anxiety,
- depression,
- attitudes
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