title: [Attitudes towards psychotherapy of young second-generation Turkish immigrants living in Germany].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the effect of cultural identification in Turkish immigrants living in Germany on attitudes towards psychotherapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  The approach to psychotherapy of 139 Turkish immigrants and 164 Germans was examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall the Turkish population reported a less positive attitude towards psychotherapy in comparison to the German population. The Turkish immigrants with a less traditional cultural background reported a more positive attitude towards psychotherapy when compared to Turkish immigrants of a more Turkish identified traditional cultural background.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results suggest that culture-specific factors affect attitudes towards psychotherapy in Turkish immigrants, which indicates a need for intercultural psychotherapeutic education.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Abteilung Sozialpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Hannover. calliess.iris@mh-hannover.de
authors.forename: Iris Tatjana
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Calliess
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schmid-Ott
authors.forename: Gülay
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Akguel
authors.forename: Burkard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jaeger
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ziegenbein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011613:Psychotherapy; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey / Q000208:ethnology