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Social Class, Classism, Stigma, and College Students’ Attitudes Toward Counseling

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ID8106416
AuthorsNa‐Yeun Choi (0000-0003-0234-8409, corresponding author), Na-Yeun Choi (New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA), Matthew J Miller (0000-0002-1301-7149, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA)
Year2018
Volume46
Issue6
Pages761-785
Publication date2018-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Counseling Psychologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-0000 • E-ISSN: 1552-3861
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0011000018796789
OpenAlexW2893334723
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited60

This study tested two competing theoretically and empirically derived models of college students’ attitudes toward seeking counseling. It extends the literature in this area by assessing the influence of objective and subjective social class, classism, and stigma on attitudes. We used structural equation modeling to analyze self-reported archival data from 2,230 incoming college students at a large, public research university in the Eastern United States. The results demonstrated the superiority of the direct and indirect effects of social class over the competing indirect effects model of social class. The results further indicated that objective social class related to attitudes toward seeking professional help indirectly through subjective social class, classism, and stigma. Finally, the results also showed that objective social class, subjective social class, and classism operated differently in the model. We discuss study limitations, future directions for research, and recommendations for practice

Class (philosophy · Political science · Social class · Stigma (botany · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology

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Citations per year1,17
Citation span2020 - 2026 (7)
Citation velocitycurrent
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