Barriers to seeking counseling among US military service members
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7202857 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael T Kalkbrenner (0000-0002-6705-130X, Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology New Mexico State University Las Cruces New Mexico USA, corresponding author), Stephen B Peterson (New Mexico State University), Sage Peterson (Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology New Mexico State University Las Cruces New Mexico USA) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 15-24 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Counseling & Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0748-9633 • E-ISSN: 1556-6676 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/jcad.12542 |
| OpenAlex | W4403792389 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 38 |
A stigma toward accessing mental health support services exists in military culture. One of the next steps in this line of research is gaining a better understanding of the barriers or reasons behind why service members can be reluctant to seek counseling. We recruited a national sample ( N = 516) of service members to test the dimensionality of scores on the Revised Fit, Stigma, and Value (RFSV) Scale for measuring barriers to seeking counseling. Results demonstrated that the meaning of RFSV scores was invariant by help‐seeking history (past attendance in counseling) and by mental health diagnosis. After establishing adequate construct validity evidence of scores, we found that the Value barrier was a significant predictor of one or more peer‐to‐peer referrals to counseling among service members. Additionally, demographic differences in the Value and Stigma barriers emerged by help‐seeking history and active duty status, respectively
Active duty · Attendance · Help-seeking · Mental health · Military personnel · Military service · Political science · Psychiatry · Service member · Stigma (botany · Test (biology · Clinical Psychology · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Sensitivity of Goodness of Fit Indexes to Lack of Measurement Invariance
Reporting Structural Equation Modeling and Confirmatory Factor Analysis Results
Statistical power analyses using G*Power 3.1
Masculinity and stigma among emerging adult military members and veterans
Racial, ethnic, and sex differences in psychiatric diagnosis, mental health sequelae, and VHA service utilization among justice-involved veterans
Understanding the Model Size Effect on SEM Fit Indices
Factor Analysis in Counseling Research and Practice
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in U.S. Veteran Health Characteristics
The Airman’s Edge Project
Mental health care utilization and stigma in the military
Testing for Factorial Invariance in the Context of Construct Validation
Responsibilities of Users of Standardized Tests (Rust-4E)
The Performance of RMSEA in Models With Small Degrees of Freedom
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |