Help-Seeking and Non-Help-Seeking Students' Perceptions of Own and Peers' Mental Health Functioning

Sharkin, Bruce S.; Plageman, Paula M.; Coulter, Lisa P.

doi:10.1002/j.2161-1882.2005.tb00073.x

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“…The body of literature that exists about the differences between college students who seek mental health services versus those who do not allows conclusions to be drawn about the factors that contribute to pursuing counseling versus avoidance factors. Sharkin, Plageman and Coulter (2005) compared the attitudes and perceptions of students who sought help versus those who have not. Non-help seekers rated the level of mental health functioning at which they believed counseling should be sought lower than students who were help seekers.…”

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“…Non-help seekers rated the level of mental health functioning at which they believed counseling should be sought lower than students who were help seekers. In other words, those students who had sought help rated the level at which counseling should be sought closer to healthy functioning than students who were non-help seekers (Sharkin, Plageman, & Coulter, 2005). Sharkin and colleagues assert that this result indicates divergent perspectives from help-seeking and non-help-seeking students.…”

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“…They argue that these data may indicate that help-seeking students perceive that counseling is a resource that is utilized in situations beyond serious psychological distress. They also posit that non-help-seeking students may perceive that counseling is only meant for serious mental health problems and may be hesitant to seek mental health services outside of those circumstances (Sharkin, Plageman, & Coulter, 2005). Sharkin, Plageman, and Coulter (2005) measured help-seeking and non-helpseeking students' perceptions about each other.…”

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“…They also posit that non-help-seeking students may perceive that counseling is only meant for serious mental health problems and may be hesitant to seek mental health services outside of those circumstances (Sharkin, Plageman, & Coulter, 2005). Sharkin, Plageman, and Coulter (2005) measured help-seeking and non-helpseeking students' perceptions about each other. They suggested that both groups of students perceived non-help-seeking students to be at a higher level of mental health functioning than those who sought help.…”

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“…Sharkin and colleagues also found that helpseeking students rated their non-help-seeking peers lower than the non-help-seeking peers rated themselves. Sharkin and colleagues assert that this result may indicate that helpseeking students do not assume that students who do not seek help are more psychologically healthy than themselves (Sharkin, Plageman, & Coulter, 2005). It may also indicate that non-help-seeking students have an artificially inflated sense of psychological well-being.…”

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Male Chinese international students' utilization of and barriers to mental health resources

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The number of Chinese international students obtaining their education at American institutions of higher education has reached a pinnacle, in that more Chinese international students attend American colleges and universities than ever before (Institute of International Education, 2015). Colleges and universities actively recruit Asian international students, especially those from the People's Republic of China. As Chinese international students continue to represent an ever-greater percentage of the student bodies at colleges and universities, these institutions have a responsibility to attend to the mental health needs of this population. Within this population, research suggests that male Asian international students hold less positive attitudes toward seeking help than their female peers (Komiya & Eells, 2001). Since the participants in this study represent an intersection of identities, the extant research from several populations will be reviewed. Specifically, literature examining college students', college men's, racial minorities', and international students' mental health needs, attitudes towards mental health resources, and help-seeking behaviors will be discussed. The literature review will also build a case for examining male Chinese international students' mental health needs. The goal of this study is to provide greater insight into how male Chinese international students perceive mental health resources. The current study utilized Consensual Qualitative Research (Hill, 2012; Hill et al. 2005; Hill et al., 1997) to examine male Chinese international students' experiences as international students, their adjustment to American culture, their mental health needs, their perceptions of mental health resources, and their help-seeking behaviors. Results indicated that participants struggled with a number of aspects of their experience as international students, v specifically the adjustment to a new language, academic challenges, difficulty with isolation, and professional dilemmas. Participants also identified positive aspects of their experiences as international students including but not limited to making friends and academic successes. Participants revealed copious challenges within their adjustment to American culture. The majority of participants reported that they enjoyed the cultural differences, although participants often noted their dislike of American culture and their preference for Chinese culture. Participants also discussed perceived discrepancies in cultural norms between American culture and Chinese culture. The majority of participants in this study had never sought psychological counseling before. The results indicated that participants were aware of a number of barriers to seeking counseling including the lack of need for counseling, the desire to manage their concerns by themselves, the fear of judgment or stigma from seeking help, the perception that counseling is not helpful, and that other resources were preferred. Participants also identified several potential reasons for seeki...

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Section: Help Seekers Versus Non-help Seekersmentioning

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Section: Help Seekers Versus Non-help Seekersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Help Seekers Versus Non-help Seekersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Help Seekers Versus Non-help Seekersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Help Seekers Versus Non-help Seekersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Model Minority Stereotype: Influence on Perceived Mental Health Needs of Asian Americans

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This study examined the influence of the model minority stereotype on the perceived mental health functioning of Asian Americans. It was hypothesized that college students would perceive Asian Americans as having fewer mental health problems and clinical symptoms than Whites due to the model minority stereotype. Four hundred and twenty-five undergraduate students from a predominately White college campus in the American northeast were randomly exposed to one of four conditions: (1) a clinical vignette describing a White college student suffering from adjustment disorder; (2) the same vignette describing an Asian American college student; (3) a newspaper article describing a success story of Whites and the White clinical vignette; (4) the same newspaper article and clinical vignette describing an Asian American. Following exposure to one of the conditions, participants completed a memory recall task and measures of colorblindness, attitudes towards Asian Americans, attitudes towards out-group members, and perceived mental health functioning. Participants exposed to the vignettes primed with the positive/model minority stereotype perceived the target regardless of race/ethnicity as having better mental health functioning and less clinical symptoms than the condition without the stereotype. Additionally, the stereotype primer was found to be a modest predictor for the perception of mental health functioning in Asian American vignettes. Results shed light on the impact of the model minority stereotype on the misperception of Asian Americans' mental health status, contributing to the invisibility or neglect of this minority group's mental health needs.

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Help-Seeking and Non-Help-Seeking Students' Perceptions of Own and Peers' Mental Health Functioning

Cited by 4 publications

References 13 publications

Male Chinese international students' utilization of and barriers to mental health resources

Male Chinese international students' utilization of and barriers to mental health resources

Beratungsprozess

Model Minority Stereotype: Influence on Perceived Mental Health Needs of Asian Americans

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