Mental health provision, religion, politics, and guns: college students express their concerns

The purpose of this study was to gather the opinions of college students regarding their concerns about guns and mental illness and how they differed by gender, race, religion, and political party. Four hundred and nineteen college students participated in an online survey. Eighty-one per cent belie...

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Published in:Mental health, religion & culture religion & culture, 2017-09, Vol.20 (8), p.756-765
Main Authors: Lewis, Rhonda K., Huynh, Mai
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College students
Firearms
Gun violence
Health services
Mental disorders
Mental health care
Mental health services
Mental illness
Opinions
Political parties
politics
Race
Religion
Religious identity
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to gather the opinions of college students regarding their concerns about guns and mental illness and how they differed by gender, race, religion, and political party. Four hundred and nineteen college students participated in an online survey. Eighty-one per cent believe increasing mental health services will prevent gun violence. A logistic regression analysis revealed that all agreed regardless of race, religion, gender, and political party that insurance companies should be required to offer benefits for mental health care that are similar to health care. Males were three times as likely to agree there should be laws prohibiting persons with a mental illness to carry a hand gun (3.8502 AOR). Overall, college students believe mental health care should be funded. It is less clear what the role of government should be in funding mental health services.
ISSN:1367-4676
1469-9737
DOI:10.1080/13674676.2017.1397615