Stigma of Seeking Psychological Services

Examining College Students Across Ten Countries/Regions

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8914746
AutoresDavid L Vogel (0000-0002-1687-5093, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA, autor correspondente), Haley A Strass (0000-0002-6577-0511, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA), Patrick J Heath (0000-0002-7939-4916, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA), Fatima R Al-Darmaki (0000-0001-6452-0708, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates), Patrick Ian Armstrong (0000-0002-9740-8613, Iowa State University), Makilim Nunes Baptista (0000-0001-6519-254X, Universidade São Francisco), Richard E Brenner (0000-0003-1069-9591, Iowa State University), Rachel E Brenner (Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA), Marta Gonçalves (0000-0002-0232-2631, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Cis-IUL, Lisboa, Portugal and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA), Daniel G Lannin (0000-0001-8203-8253, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA), Hsin-Ya Liao (0000-0002-5425-313X, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA), Corey S Mackenzie (0000-0002-5190-7855, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada), Winnie W S Mak (0000-0002-9714-7847, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong), M Rubin (0000-0002-6483-8561, University of Newcastle Australia), Nursel Topkaya (0000-0002-8469-9140, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey), Nathaniel G Wade (0000-0002-2303-7274, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA), Ying-Fen Wang (0000-0002-6514-7746, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan), Ying‐Fen Wang (National Taiwan Normal University), Alina Zlati (Open Minds–Center for Mental Health Research, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Ano2017
Volume45
Fascículo2
Páginas170-192
Data de publicação2017-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Counseling Psychologist (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0011-0000 • E-ISSN: 1552-3861
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0011000016671411
OpenAlexW2606549845
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas24
Referências citadas58

Stigma is an important barrier to seeking psychological services worldwide. Two types of stigma exist: public stigma and self-stigma. Scholars have argued that public stigma leads to self-stigma, and then self-stigma is the primary predictor of attitudes toward seeking psychological services. However, this assertion is largely limited to U.S. samples. The goal of this research was to provide a first step in understanding the relationship between public stigma, self-stigma, and attitudes toward seeking psychological services in international contexts ( N = 3,276; Australia, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Portugal, Romania, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and United States). Using structural equation modeling, we found that self-stigma mediated the relationship between public stigma and attitudes toward seeking services among college students in each country and region. However, differences in path strengths emphasize the need to pay attention to the role of public and self-stigma on attitudes toward seeking psychological services throughout the world

Assertion · Help-seeking · Mental health · Psychiatry · Social stigma · Stigma (botany · Structural equation modeling · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Social Psychology