Resumen
La pandemia por COVID-19 ha tenido un impacto negativo en el bienestar psicológico de la población, siendo los jóvenes un grupo especialmente vulnerable. El presente estudio se propuso caracterizar el proceso de búsqueda de ayuda por problemas de salud mental de estudiantes universitarios de la Región de La Araucanía durante la pandemia por COVID-19. A través de un muestreo no probabilístico por conveniencia, se reclutó a 500 estudiantes de entre 18 y 29 años. Se describieron y compararon obstaculizadores y facilitadores de la búsqueda de ayuda formal e informal, según género. Adicionalmente, se estimaron modelos de regresión lineal múltiple diferenciados por género, con la búsqueda de ayuda informal como variable criterio. Los resultados muestran una renuencia general a buscar ayuda (formal e informal) tanto en hombres como mujeres, una mayor experimentación de malestar psicológico y mayor conocimiento sobre salud mental en mujeres. Finalmente, se evidencian diferencias en los predictores de la búsqueda de ayuda informal entre hombres y mujeres, siendo el apoyo social y las emociones negativas en pandemia los únicos comunes entre géneros. Se discuten las implicancias de la brecha de género en salud mental, y los factores que facilitan y obstaculizan la búsqueda de ayuda.
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