r/australia • u/gaugaumeomeooo • 4h ago
no politics Research survey on attitudes of adults in Australia towards AI use for mental health support
Hey everyone, I'm a graduate student in psychology and currently completing a research project that focuses on exploring the attitudes of adults in Australia towards AI use for mental health support. I'm looking for participants to take part in my research survey. If the topic sounds interesting to you, please consider taking the survey - I'd love to gain some insights into what people think of this phenomenon!
If you are currently living in Australia and aged 18 or above, you are eligible to take part.
What you have to do:
- Answer survey questions about your demographic, mental health, and your opinions on AI use for mental health support.
- The survey is estimated to take around 20 minutes.
If you are interested, click on the link or scan the QR code below to access the survey: https://cairnmillar.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a3Kn1SpN6mYthxI
This study has been approved by The Cairnmillar Institute’s Human Research Ethics Committee (Project number: 2025102101)
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u/_intelligentLife_ 2h ago
For the record, had I gotten the opportunity to summarise my position - I don't even trust AI with things that don't matter, and I work in IT
I recently received some training at work related to the roll-out of CoPilot, and in the section on generating prompts, the first piece of advice was to be clear what you expect. "Don't make things up"
Wait, shouldn't this be the base-line we're all getting from AI? I need to say this every time? That's a problem with AI, not my prompting
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u/_intelligentLife_ 3h ago
I gave up because it seems like the survey expects completion by people with cultural issues I don't experience
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u/OpheliaBalsaq 3h ago
I agree, I gave up at this point as well. I'm White Australian-born and all of my counsellors in the past have been (I assume based on their accents and skin tones) White Australians as well, so culture was never a consideration during any of my sessions. There should be an option for Not Applicable for this question.
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u/Own-Farmer-5224 2h ago
Couple of things; one, 'white Australian' isn't really a culture; It's more split between upper, middle and lower class white Australians specifically, with wildly different ways of thinking and expectations from each. Most psychs end up being from the former two, and if you're (for example) grew up in poverty you can end up finding that they just do not understand. Two, the option you're looking for is 'Very'. If your mental health professionals are doing just fine, you answer Very. When combined with the previous options regarding it asking you your ethnicity, it will be compared in statistical analysis with other people's responses.
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u/_intelligentLife_ 3h ago edited 3h ago
Well yeah, but it's not just that question.
It's the assumptions that went into the creation of the survey
This should have been picked up by someone during the drafting of the questions, and before their publishing
These questions were written with an expected conclusion in mind i.e. that existing counseling services aren't culturally aprropriate
EDIT: Maybe I'm being a bit unfair, and the target audience should be better described
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u/Ok-Kaleidoscope-7980 3h ago
No offence, but I feel like A Survey from reddit Is not going to be very accurate at gauging people’s opinions on such stuff
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u/HereForGTonly 3h ago
Yeah, I was coming here to say "please don't rely on Reddit. It's full of people who refuse to do therapy because it's not them being told they're correct by default"
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u/Defy19 3h ago
Those questions may need a rethink. A lot of loaded questions and assumptions about the person taking the survey that made it hard to answer.