Help-Seeking Attitudes, Mental Health Stigma, and Self-Concealment Among African American College Students

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作者
Masuda, Akihiko [1 ]
Anderson, Page L. [1 ,2 ]
Edmonds, Joshua
机构
[1] Georgia State Univ, Dept Psychol, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA
[2] Georgia State Univ, Clin Training Program, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA
关键词
African Americans; attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help; self-concealment; mental health stigma; PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP; CULTURAL MISTRUST; UNITED-STATES; SERVICES; DISTRESS; FLEXIBILITY; ACCULTURATION; PREDICTORS; AVOIDANCE; BEHAVIORS;
D O I
10.1177/0021934712445806
中图分类号
C95 [民族学、文化人类学];
学科分类号
0304 ; 030401 ;
摘要
Stigma has been noted as a major obstacle of mental health service use among African Americans. The present study investigated whether mental health stigma and self-concealment were uniquely associated with attitudes toward seeking professional psychological services in African American college students. Data of 163 African Americans (nFemale = 127; 78% female) were used for present analyses. Results revealed that both mental health stigma and self-concealment were uniquely associated with help-seeking attitudes after controlling for gender, age, and previous experience of seeking professional psychological services.
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页码:773 / 786
页数:14
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