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Self‐Stigma, Mental Health Literacy, and Attitudes Toward Seeking Psychological Help
Author(s) -
Cheng HsiuLan,
Wang Cixin,
McDermott Ryon C.,
Kridel Matthew,
Rislin Jamey Leeanne
Publication year - 2018
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.12178
Subject(s) - help seeking , mental health , stigma (botany) , mental health literacy , psychological distress , psychology , ethnic group , clinical psychology , psychiatry , mental illness , sociology , anthropology
This study examined self‐stigma of seeking psychological help and mental health literacy as predictors of college students’ ( N = 1,535) help‐seeking attitudes, with additional attention to psychological and demographic correlates. Results indicated that mental health literacy predicted help‐seeking attitudes above and beyond self‐stigma. Asian American race/ethnicity, male gender, current psychological distress, and help‐seeking history were also significant predictors. Implications for addressing mental health literacy and self‐stigma while attending to demographic and psychological variations in help seeking are discussed.