title: A mediation model of professional psychological help seeking for suicide ideation among Asian American and white American college students.
abstract: This study examined professional psychological help seeking among 1,045 white American and Asian American students from 70 U.S. colleges and universities who had seriously considered attempting suicide. The authors found that Asian American college students had lower rates of professional psychological help seeking for their suicide ideation than White American college students. Guided by social network perspectives on professional psychological help seeking, the authors also tested mediators of this racial disparity. Relative to white Americans, Asian Americans were advised by fewer people (especially fewer family members) to seek professional help, which was, in turn, associated with lower rates of professional psychological help seeking for suicide ideation. These findings underscore the importance of gatekeeping as a suicide prevention strategy for Asian American college students.
authors.affiliation: a Indiana University , Bloomington , Indiana , USA.
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brownson
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rutkowski
authors.forename: Chi P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Marty Swanbrow
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology*; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012944:Social Support; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D014495:Universities; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Asian American; help seeking; social network; suicide