Help-Seeking Attitudes among African American College Students

Autor/inn/en	So, Dominicus W.; Gilbert, Stefanie; Romero, Sergio
Titel	Help-Seeking Attitudes among African American College Students
Quelle	In: College Student Journal, 39 (2005) 4, S.806-816 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0146-3934
Schlagwörter	College Credits; Black Colleges; African American Students; Help Seeking; Mental Health; Student Attitudes; Health Services; Religion; Measures (Individuals) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College; Colleges; Achievement; Performance; Anrechnung; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Leistung; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Psychohygiene; Schülerverhalten; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Messdaten
Abstract	Traditionally, African American students display a low-rate of seeking mental health treatment. Issues such as mistrust of White therapists, attitudes toward mental health problems, and African American spirituality affect their help-seeking behavior. The present study examined a sample of 134 African American students at a Historically Black College/University. Using the Attitude Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale, the present study explored the relationships between students' year in school, and number of college credits in predicting help-seeking attitudes. Results indicated that the greater the number of course credits students had received, the more confidence in the mental health profession they reported. (Contains 1 table.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10