Racial and Ethnic Minority College Students' Stigma Associated With Seeking Psychological Help: Examining Psychocultural Correlates

Many college students underuse professional psychological help for mental health difficulties. The stigma associated with seeking such help appears to be one of the reasons for this underuse. Levels of psychological distress and past use of counseling/psychotherapy have been found to be important co...

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Published in:	Journal of counseling psychology 2013-01, Vol.60 (1), p.98-111
Main Authors:	Cheng, Hsiu-Lan, Kwan, Kwong-Liem Karl, Sevig, Todd
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult African Americans Asian Americans Attitude towards mental illness Biological and medical sciences College Students Continental Population Groups - psychology Continental Population Groups - statistics & numerical data Counseling Counseling - methods Cultural identity Discrimination Emotional disorders Ethnic groups Ethnic Groups - psychology Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data Ethnic identity Ethnicity Female Group identity Help Seeking Help Seeking Behavior Hispanic American Students Human Humans Male Mathematical models Measurement Medical sciences Mental Disorders - psychology Mental Disorders - therapy Mental Health Mental health services Middle Aged Minority & ethnic groups Minority Groups Minority Groups - psychology Minority Groups - statistics & numerical data Minority students Modeling (Psychology) Patient Acceptance of Health Care - psychology Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data Psychological distress Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Psychotherapy Psychotherapy - methods Race and Ethnic Discrimination Racial and Ethnic Groups Racial Differences Racial discrimination Racial Identification Resistance (Psychology) Self concept Self esteem Selfesteem Social Attitudes Social Discrimination Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry Social psychology Social Stigma Stigma Stigmatization Stress Stress, Psychological - psychology Stress, Psychological - therapy Structural equation modeling Structural Equation Models Students - psychology Students - statistics & numerical data Underuse United States (Midwest) Young Adult
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