title: AAPI college students' willingness to seek counseling: the role of culture, stigma, and attitudes.
abstract: This study tested 4 theoretically and empirically derived structural equation models of Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islanders' willingness to seek counseling with a sample of 278 college students. The models represented competing hypotheses regarding the manner in which Asian cultural values, European American cultural values, public stigma, stigma by close others, self-stigma, and attitudes toward seeking professional help related to willingness to seek counseling. We found that Asian and European American cultural values differentially related to willingness to seek counseling indirectly through specific indirect pathways (public stigma, stigma by close others, self-stigma, and attitudes toward seeking professional help). Our results also showed that the magnitude of model-implied relationships did not vary as a function of generational status. Study limitations, future directions for research, and implications for counseling are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education, University of Maryland.
authors.forename: Na-Yeun
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education, University of Maryland.
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders; D008875:Middle Aged; D044468:Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012649:Self Concept; D057545:Social Stigma; D013240:Stereotyping; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult