Attitudes Toward Professional Psychological Help Seeking in South Asian Students: Role of Stigma and Gender |
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| Authors: | Prerna G. Arora Kristina Metz Cindy I. Carlson |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of PsychologyPace University and Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine;2. Department of PsychologyHarvard University;3. Department of Educational PsychologyUniversity of Texas at Austin |
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| Abstract: | This study examined (a) the roles of perceived and personal stigma on attitudes toward professional psychological help seeking and (b) the effects of these constructs across gender in South Asians. Personal stigma and being male was negatively associated with attitudes toward professional psychological help seeking; no difference in the association between personal and perceived stigma and attitudes across genders was found. These findings have implications for the engagement of South Asians in mental health services in the United States. Este estudio examinó (a) los roles de estigmas percibidos y personales en las actitudes hacia la búsqueda de ayuda psicológica profesional y (b) los efectos de estos constructos en indiviuos sudasiáticos según su sexo. El estigma personal y la identidad masculina se asociaron negativamente con las actitudes hacia la búsqueda de ayuda psicológica profesional; no se halló diferencia en la asociación entre estigmas personales y percibidos y las actitudes de los distintos sexos. Estos hallazgos tienen implicaciones para la participación de los individuos sudasiáticos en los servicios de salud mental en Estados Unidos. |
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| Keywords: | South Asian help seeking mental health stigma gender sudasiá tico bú squeda de ayuda salud mental estigma sexo |
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