Mental Health Stigma and Self-Concealment as Predictors of Help-Seeking Attitudes among Latina/o College Students in the United States

Mendoza, Hadrian; Masuda, Akihiko; Swartout, Kevin M.

doi:10.1007/s10447-015-9237-4

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“…There is substantial research linking help-seeking with societal factors, such as social norms regarding mental health support (McNair & Bush, 2016;Mendoza, Masuda, & Swartout, 2015) and equitable access to mental health services (Fischer, Dornelas, & DiLorenzo, 2013). Accordingly, several national campaigns are currently being conducted in Australia to improve societal factors that impact help-seeking, as exemplified by the recent "Belief in Change" campaign of the Australian Psychological Society (http://www.believeinchange.com) and the "Better Access" campaign of the Australian Government Department of Health (http://www.health.gov.au/mentalhealth-betteraccess).…”

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The relationship between clients' preferences of therapists' sex and mental health support seeking: An exploratory study

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Gringart

2019

Australian Psychologist

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Objective In Australia, the number of female psychologists is significantly larger than that of male psychologists. Due to gaps in the literature, it is difficult to establish whether such discrepancies affect mental health support seeking. The present study investigated the preferences of Australian respondents for the sex of a potential therapist and whether the accommodation of such preferences affects mental health support seeking. Method The study employed a mixed design online survey analysed using multiple linear and multinomial logistic regressions and used a convenience sample of N = 456 Australian participants recruited via social media. Demographics, preferences for therapists' sex, problem type, and likelihood to seek help if preferences for therapists' sex were accommodated or not were collected via an online questionnaire. Analyses included tests for group differences and regressions. Results Male respondents reported lower baseline likelihood to seek mental health support than female respondents. A main effect of sex of respondent on preferences for therapists' sex was found, but no main effect of problem type on preferences for therapists' sex was evident. Finally, accommodating preferences for therapists' sex was a significant predictor of mental health support seeking. Conclusion It is prudent to encourage the monitoring and accommodation of clients' preferences of therapists' sex. Additionally, more males could be encouraged to enter the mental health professions. The results of the current study may inform education and health policy. Future research could further explore the effects of occupation and problem type on preferences for therapists' sex and help‐seeking.

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The relationship between clients' preferences of therapists' sex and mental health support seeking: An exploratory study

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Gringart

2019

Australian Psychologist

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“…Further, we know that those who hold negative stigma beliefs may also have negative outcomes including the avoidance of treatment and poorer mental health ( 18 – 21 ). Mental health stigma among African American ( 22 ) and Latino college students ( 23 ) is related to negative attitudes about treatment. This study, therefore, seeks to examine what beliefs are related to mental health stigma and may play a role in the development of stigma for African American and Latino college students.…”

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Perceived and Personal Mental Health Stigma in Latino and African American College Students

DeFreitas

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DeLeon

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Front. Public Health

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Mental health stigma occurs when people have negative thoughts and beliefs of those with mental health illnesses or mental health treatment. Mental health stigma is related to an assortment of negative outcomes including discrimination in housing and employment, reduced usage of mental health services, and poor mental health outcomes. These implications may be particularly salient for ethnic minorities such as African Americans and Latinos who already suffer from other types of discrimination. This study examines perceived and personal mental health stigma in African American and Latino college students from a nontraditional university to help elucidate factors related to the development of mental health stigma. Students completed surveys concerning their stigma beliefs. African American students were found to have higher rates of mental health stigma than Latino students. Furthermore, anxiety about those with mental illness was related to greater mental health stigma for both groups. For African Americans, it was found that their perception of their ability to visibly identify those with mental illness was related to greater mental health stigma. These findings suggest that interventions to reduce mental health stigma in college students should target specific ethnic minority groups and focus on issues that are particularly salient to those communities.

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“…Dearing dan Twaragowski (2012) mengemukakan dua faktor utama yang berkaitan dengan pencarian pertolongan, yaitu faktor terkait individu dan faktor terkait penanganan. Faktor terkait individu yang memengaruhi pencarian pertolongan seperti faktor demografi (Mendoza, Masuda, & Swartout, 2015;Reynders, Kerkhof, Molenberghs, & Van Audenhove, 2015), kepribadian dan kompetensi emosional (Mendoza et al, 2015;Umubyeyi, Mogren, Ntaganira, & Krantz, 2016). Faktor terkait penanganan yang memengaruhi keputusan individu untuk mencari pertolongan seperti faktor geografis, transportasi, waktu, dan biaya (Fox, Blank, Rovnyak, & Barnett, 2001;Sun et al, 2016).…”

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Literasi Kesehatan Mental dan Sikap Komunitas sebagai Prediktor Pencarian Pertolongan Formal

Novianty¹,

Hadjam²

2017

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Abstract. Mental illness had contributed 23% of global mental health burden. The high number of mental illness prevalence had impact on social and economic burden, yet only 10% was treated by professional. This study aimed to find out the significance of mental health literacy and community attitude toward mental illness toward formal help seeking. The hypothesis was mental health literacy and community attitude toward mental illness predicted formal help-seeking. A survey method was applied with total respondent was 168 people living in urban area. Multiple regression analysis was used to analyze the data. The result showed mental health literacy and community attitude toward mental illness significantly predicted the formal help seeking simultaneously (F=3.466; p<0.05). This study concluded that people who well literate in mental health issues and having positive community attitude in their environment can affect their help seeking to professional treatment.

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Mental Health Stigma and Self-Concealment as Predictors of Help-Seeking Attitudes among Latina/o College Students in the United States

Cited by 73 publications

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The relationship between clients' preferences of therapists' sex and mental health support seeking: An exploratory study

The relationship between clients' preferences of therapists' sex and mental health support seeking: An exploratory study

Perceived and Personal Mental Health Stigma in Latino and African American College Students

Literasi Kesehatan Mental dan Sikap Komunitas sebagai Prediktor Pencarian Pertolongan Formal

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