Association between personality traits and seeking professional psychological help

Cilj ovog rada je ispitati povezanost osobina ličnosti i traženja stručne psihološke pomoći kod mladih odraslih ljudi u dobi od 18 do 35 godina. Istraživanjem se nastoji utvrditi postoji li razlika između osoba koje postižu različite rezultate na Velikih pet osobina ličnosti u odnosu na traženje stručne psihološke pomoći i otvorenosti prema traženju iste. Nadalje, ispituje se i povezanost roda, dobi, obrazovanja roditelja, važnosti vjere te percepcije dostupnosti stručne psihološke pomoći i traženja pomoći te otvorenosti prema traženju. Podaci su prikupljeni putem online upitnika tijekom travnja 2023. godine. Obuhvaćen je prigodan uzorak od 583 sudionika, od kojih 483 ženskih, 96 muških i 4 koji se nisu željeli izjasniti po pitanju roda. Online upitnik se sastojao od pitanja vezanih uz sociodemografske podatke, hrvatskog prijevoda Goldbergova upitnika 50-Item Lexical Big-Five Factor Markers for Self-Report (IPIP 50S; Mlačić i Goldberg, 2007) te pitanja vezanih uz traženje stručne psihološke pomoći. Rezultati su pokazali kako su dob, važnost vjere, percepcija dostupnosti stručne psihološke pomoći te savjesnost i emocionalna stabilnost povezani s traženjem stručne psihološke pomoći. Sudionici koji su stariji, koji su izvijestili o manjoj važnosti vjere, koji su stručnu psihološku pomoć percipirali dostupnijom te koji su postigli niže rezultate na savjesnosti i emocionalnoj stabilnosti bili su skloniji tražiti stručnu psihološku pomoć. Kod otvorenosti prema traženju stručne psihološke pomoći rezultati su bili nešto drugačiji. Pokazalo se kako su rod, dob, ekstraverzija, ugodnost i intelekt značajno povezani s otvorenošću prema traženju stručne psihološke pomoći. Sudionici koji su ženskog roda, koji su stariji, koji su postigli više rezultate na ekstraverziji, ugodnosti i intelektu su bili otvoreniji prema traženju stručne psihološke pomoći.The aim of this study was to examine the association between Big Five personality traits and seeking professional psychological help in young adults aged 18 to 35. Furthermore, we wanted to examine the association between gender, age, parents' education, the importance of religion, and the perception of the availability of professional psychological help and seeking help, as well as openness to seeking help. The data was collected through an online questionnaire during April 2023. A convenient sample of 583 participants was included, of which 483 were female, 96 were male and 4 did not want to declare their gender. The online questionnaire consisted of questions related to sociodemographic data, the Croatian translation of Goldberg's questionnaire 50-Item Lexical Big-Five Factor Markers for Self-Report (IPIP 50S; Mlačić i Goldberg, 2007) and questions related to seeking professional psychological help. The results showed that age, the importance of religion, the perception of the availability of professional psychological help, conscientiousness and emotional stability were significantly associated with seeking professional psychological help. Participants who are older, who reported less importance of religion, who perceived professional psychological help as available, and who scored lower on conscientiousness and emotional stability were more likely to seek professional psychological help. Regarding openness to seeking professional psychological help, the results were somewhat different. It has been shown that gender, age, extraversion, agreeableness and intellect are significantly associated with openness to seeking professional psychological help. Participants who are female, who are older, who scored higher on extraversion, agreeableness and intellect were more open to seeking professional psychological help