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eISSN: 2581-9615 || CODEN: WJARAI || Impact Factor 8.2 ||  CrossRef DOI

Research and review articles are invited for publication in March 2026 (Volume 29, Issue 3) Submit manuscript

Correlating educational attainment, attitudes towards seeking psychotherapy, and willingness to seek mental health treatment among Iraqi refugees

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Joseph K. Mandwee *

Department of Psychology, School of Social Science, University of Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
 
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 17(01), 318-323
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.17.1.0003
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.17.1.0003
 
Received on 27 December 2022; revised on 06 January 2023; accepted on 09 January 2023
 
Background: Because of the highly limited nature of research on Arabs and refugees in general, no previous effort to correlate educational attainment, attitudes towards seeking psychotherapy, and willingness to seek treatment among Iraqi refugees exists.
Aims: The purpose of this study was to correlate level of educational attainment, attitudes towards seeking psychotherapy, and willingness to seek mental health treatment among a small, voluntary, convenience sample of Iraqi refugees.
Methods: This online study followed a non-experimental, correlational research design for the purpose of collecting descriptive statistics utilizing a survey method. The data was properly categorized along the independent and dependent variables and statistically analyzed using Pearson’s r correlations.
Results & Conclusions: Among the surveyed participants, no statistically significant difference could be established in either attitudes towards seeking psychotherapy or willingness to seek treatment based on gender or location. There was an almost negligible, positive association between age and level of educational attainment. As expected in alignment with previous research, level of educational attainment among the Iraqi refugee participants positively correlated with attitudes towards seeking psychotherapy (although not as robustly with willingness to seek treatment), and regardless of age for both variables. Ultimately, more positive attitudes towards seeking psychotherapy were also associated with a higher level of willingness to seek treatment.
 
Iraqi Refugees; Educational Attainment; Attitudes Towards Seeking Psychotherapy; Willingness to Seek Mental Health Treatment; Attitudes Towards Mental Health
 
https://wjarr.com/sites/default/files/fulltext_pdf/WJARR-2023-0003.pdf

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Joseph K. Mandwee. Correlating educational attainment, attitudes towards seeking psychotherapy, and willingness to seek mental health treatment among Iraqi refugees. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 17(1), 318-323. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.17.1.0003

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