Examination of the Stigmas Toward Help Seeking Among Turkish College Students |
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| Authors: | Nursel Topkaya David L. Vogel Rachel E. Brenner |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Educational Sciences, Division of Counseling and Guidance, Ondokuz May?s University, Atakum/Samsun, Turkey;2. Department of PsychologyIowa State University |
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| Abstract: | This study builds on previous help‐seeking research in the United States by examining the role of counseling stigma in Turkey. Undergraduate students in Turkey (N = 520) completed self‐report measures of attitudes and intentions to seek counseling and 3 forms of help‐seeking stigma. Results indicated that perceptions of public and social network stigma each uniquely contributed to the experience of self‐stigma, which, in turn, influenced attitudes toward seeking counseling and then help‐seeking intentions. |
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| Keywords: | stigma help seeking diversity in counseling cross‐cultural Turkey |
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