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Examination of the Stigmas Toward Help Seeking Among Turkish College Students
Author(s) -
Topkaya Nursel,
Vogel David L.,
Brenner Rachel E.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/jcad.12133
Subject(s) - turkish , help seeking , stigma (botany) , psychology , perception , social stigma , social psychology , clinical psychology , medical education , medicine , family medicine , psychiatry , mental health , philosophy , linguistics , neuroscience , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
This study builds on previous help‐seeking research in the United States by examining the role of counseling stigma in Turkey. Undergraduate students in Turkey ( N = 520) completed self‐report measures of attitudes and intentions to seek counseling and 3 forms of help‐seeking stigma. Results indicated that perceptions of public and social network stigma each uniquely contributed to the experience of self‐stigma, which, in turn, influenced attitudes toward seeking counseling and then help‐seeking intentions.