Title
Stigma of Seeking Psychological Services: Examining College Students Across Ten Countries/Regions
Source of Publication
Counseling Psychologist
Abstract
© Division of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association. Stigma is an important barrier to seeking psychological services worldwide. Two types of stigma exist: public stigma and self-stigma. Scholars have argued that public stigma leads to self-stigma, and then self-stigma is the primary predictor of attitudes toward seeking psychological services. However, this assertion is largely limited to U.S. samples. The goal of this research was to provide a first step in understanding the relationship between public stigma, self-stigma, and attitudes toward seeking psychological services in international contexts (N = 3,276; Australia, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Portugal, Romania, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and United States). Using structural equation modeling, we found that self-stigma mediated the relationship between public stigma and attitudes toward seeking services among college students in each country and region. However, differences in path strengths emphasize the need to pay attention to the role of public and self-stigma on attitudes toward seeking psychological services throughout the world.
Document Type
Article
First Page
170
Last Page
192
Publication Date
2-1-2017
DOI
10.1177/0011000016671411
Recommended Citation
Vogel, David L.; Strass, Haley A.; Heath, Patrick J.; Al-Darmaki, Fatima R.; Armstrong, Patrick I.; Baptista, Makilim N.; Brenner, Rachel E.; Gonçalves, Marta; Lannin, Daniel G.; Liao, Hsin Ya; Mackenzie, Corey S.; Mak, Winnie W.S.; Rubin, Mark; Topkaya, Nursel; Wade, Nathaniel G.; Wang, Ying Fen; and Zlati, Alina, "Stigma of Seeking Psychological Services: Examining College Students Across Ten Countries/Regions" (2017). Scopus Indexed Articles. 1374.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/scopus-indexed-articles/1374