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Asian Cultural Values, Attitudes toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help, and Willingness to See a Counselor

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ID8914065
AuthorsBryan S K Kim (0000-0001-8315-0554, University of California, Santa Barbara, corresponding author), Michael M Omizo (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)
Year2003
Volume31
Issue3
Pages343-361
Publication date2003-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Counseling Psychologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-0000 • E-ISSN: 1552-3861
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0011000003031003008
OpenAlexW2115247387
LanguageEN
Citations received91
References cited23

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among Asian American adherence to Asian cultural values, attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help, and willingness to see a counselor. Based on the data from 242 Asian American college students, the results revealed that adherence to Asian cultural values inversely predicted both attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help and general willingness to see a counselor, above and beyond the effects of related demographic variables. The results also indicated that attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help were a perfect mediator on the relationship between adherence to Asian cultural values and willingness to see a counselor in general and between adherence to Asian values and willingness to see a counselor for personal and health problems in particular

Asian americans · Asian values · Counseling psychology · Counselor education · Cultural values · Ethnic group · Help-seeking · Higher education · Mental health · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Willingness to accept · Willingness to pay · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology

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