U.S.-Based Latina/O College Students’ Attitudes toward Online Counseling

The purpose of the study was to examine the attitudes of Latina/o college students in the U.S. toward online counseling, with particular attention to the role of gender, self-stigma, perceptions of stigma by others, and acculturation within a sample of 231 college students. This cross-sectional surv...

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Published in:International journal for the advancement of counselling 2016-12, Vol.38 (4), p.269-285
Main Authors: Ballesteros, Jorge L., Hilliard, Robert C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Attitude Measures
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Clinical Psychology
College Students
Computer Mediated Communication
Counseling
Counseling Techniques
Distance learning
Gender Differences
Help Seeking
Hispanic American Students
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic students
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Internet
Latin American cultural groups
Multiple Regression Analysis
Online instruction
Original Article
Psychological Methods/Evaluation
Psychology
Psychotherapy and Counseling
Regression (Statistics)
Self Concept
Social Bias
Stigma
Student Attitudes
Student Surveys
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Summary:The purpose of the study was to examine the attitudes of Latina/o college students in the U.S. toward online counseling, with particular attention to the role of gender, self-stigma, perceptions of stigma by others, and acculturation within a sample of 231 college students. This cross-sectional survey used the ‘Perceived Stigmatization by Others for Seeking Psychological Help Scale’ (Vogel et al. 2009 ), the ‘Self-Stigma of Seeking Psychological Help Scale’ (Vogel et al. 2006 ), and the ‘Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics’ (Marin et al. 1987 ) to measure attitudes toward online counseling. Online counseling had a significant but weak relationship with self-stigma. Additionally, a hierarchical multiple regression analysis tested variables that might predict attitudes toward online counseling, using previous experience with counseling and gender as control variables. In the overall model, previous experience with counseling, acculturation, and self-stigma significantly predicted attitudes toward online counseling. The implications of the findings as well as areas for future research are discussed.
ISSN:0165-0653
1573-3246
DOI:10.1007/s10447-016-9271-x