NATIONALITY AS A FACTOR UNDERPINNING STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD SEEKING PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP

Predicting attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help among Alaska Natives.

This study sought to examine the role of current/previous treatment experience, stigma (social and self), and cultural identification (Caucasian and Alaska Native [AN]) in predicting attitudes toward psychological help seeking for ANs. Results indicated that these variables together explained roughly 56% of variance in attitudes. In particular, while self-stigma and identification with the Cauc...

Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help: Factor Structure and Socio-Demographic Predictors

Attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help (ATSPPH) are complex. Help seeking preferences are influenced by various attitudinal and socio-demographic factors and can often result in unmet needs, treatment gaps, and delays in help-seeking. The aims of the current study were to explore the factor structure of the ATSPPH short form (-SF) scale and determine whether any significant so...

Needs, Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Help, and Preferred Sources of Help Among Emirati College Students

This investigation, conducted in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), examined Emirati college students’ needs, help-seeking attitudes, preference for source of help, and perceptions of counseling services offered on campus. Most participants reported moderate levels of personal, academic, career, and interpersonal needs, although results varied along gender lines. Overall, participants displayed sl...

The Relationships between Masculinity Variables, Health Risk Behaviors and Attitudes toward Seeking Psychological Help

Ronald F. Levant, David J. Wimer, and Christine M. Williams, The University of Akron; K. Bryant Smalley, Nova Southeastern University; Delilah Noronha, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. The authors would like to gratefully acknowledge the statistical consulting assistance of Dimitre Stefanov, Assistant Professor of Statistics, The University of Akron. Correspondence concerning this...

Cultural Values , Attitudes toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help , and Willingness to See