Asian and European American Cultural Values, Bicultural Competence, and Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Among Asian American Adolescents

Abstract

The authors examined the extent to which Asian American adolescents who were living in Hawaii adhered to Asian and European American cultural values in relation to mental health variables including collective self‐esteem (membership, private, public, importance to identity), cognitive flexibility, general self‐efficacy, and attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help. Results and implications for counselors are discussed. Los autores examinaron hasta qué medida los adolescentes Asiaticoamericanos residentes en Hawai se adhieren a los valores culturales Asiáticos y Euroamericanos en relación a ciertas variables de salud mental que incluyen la autoestima colectiva (pertenencia, privada, pública, su importancia para la identidad), flexibilidad cognitiva, autoeficacia general y actitudes hacia la búsqueda de ayuda psicológica profesional. Se discuten los resultados y las implicaciones para los consejeros.

Assessing the Psychometric Properties of the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale-Short Form in Mainland China

“…In the original standardization using the short form, internal consistency of α=.84 and a onemonth test-retest reliability of .80 were reported with a U.S. sample. With Asian samples, the internal consistency of the ATSPPH-SF has ranged from .65 (Omizo et al 2008) to .83 (Kim and Omizo 2003). The present study yielded a coefficient alpha of .65 with Mainland Chinese college students.…”

“…Despite its limitations, the ATSPPH-SF has been frequently used with culturally diverse populations in the U.S., including Asian Americans (Kim and Omizo 2003;Omizo et al 2008;Luu et al 2009;Sung and Tidwell 2005) (Leach et al 2007), Turkish university students (Turkum 2005), Taiwanese students (Chang 2007(Chang , 2008, and Mainland Chinese college students (Cao 2007).…”

Comparing Japanese International College Students' and U.S. College Students' Mental‐Health‐Related Stigmatizing Attitudes

“…Another interesting finding was that there were no obvious group differences between the U.S. non-Hispanic Caucasian and U.S. ethnic minority students in the level of interrelationship between stigmatizing attitudes toward people with psychological disorders, stigma tolerance in seeking professional psychological services, and self-concealment. Given these findings, it seems worthwhile that future research explore the impact of potential variables (e.g., acculturation) that may account for ethnic group similarities and differences in these attitudinal tendencies (e.g., Omizo, Kim, & Abel, 2008). Regarding the clinical implication for the U.S. students, the present findings may suggest that fostering more openness and less rigid judgments of self and others might be one avenue toward increasing help seeking regardless of the ethnicity of U.S. students (Cramer, 1999).…”

Acculturation, Enculturation, Perceived Racism, and Psychological Symptoms Among Asian American College Students

“…Research with Asian American college students and youth has found enculturation to be beneficial to mental health (B. S. K. Kim & Omizo, , , ; Omizo, Kim, & Abel, ). Specifically, among college students, both values enculturation and behavioral enculturation have been positively associated with different dimensions of collective self‐esteem (B. S. K. Kim & Omizo, , ).…”