The Role of Public and Self-Stigma in Predicting Attitudes Toward Group Counseling

Bibliographic Data

ID8915040
AuthorsDavid L Vogel (0000-0002-1687-5093, Iowa State University, Ames, IA,, corresponding author), Zipora Shechtman (Haifa University, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel), Nathaniel G Wade (0000-0002-2303-7274, Iowa State University, Ames, IA)
Year2010
Volume38
Issue7
Pages904-922
Publication date2010-05-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Counseling Psychologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-0000 • E-ISSN: 1552-3861
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0011000010368297
OpenAlexW2150954549
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited33

Public and self-stigmas have been implicated as factors in the underutilization of individual counseling. However, group counseling is also underutilized, and yet scholars know very little about the role of different types of stigma on attitudes toward seeking group counseling. Therefore, the current study examined the relationships between public and self-stigma and attitudes toward group counseling among a sample of 491 U.S. college students. Results of structural equation modeling analyses indicated that public stigma is internalized as self-stigma and self-stigma is then negatively related to attitudes toward group counseling. Furthermore, public stigma and self-stigma explained 52% of the variance in attitudes toward seeking help

Family medicine · Group counseling · Psychiatry · Self-concept · Social stigma · Stigma (botany · Structural equation modeling · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology