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Help-seeking attitudes, mental health stigma, and self-concealment among African American college students.
Masuda, Akihiko ; Anderson, P. L. ; Edmonds, J.
Masuda, Akihiko
Anderson, P. L.
Edmonds, J.
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Stigma has been noted as a major obstacle of mental health service utilization in African Americans. The present study investigated whether mental health stigma and self-concealment were uniquely associated with attitudes toward seeking professional psychological services in African American college students. Data of 163 African American (nFemale = 127; 78% female) were used for present analyses. Results revealed that both mental health stigma and self-concealment were uniquely associated with help-seeking attitudes after controlling for gender, age, and previous experience of seeking professional psychological services.
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<p>“NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in <em>Journal of Black Studies</em>. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in <strong>Masuda, A.,</strong> Anderson, P. L., & Edmonds, J. (2012). Help-seeking attitudes, mental health stigma, and self-concealment among African American college students. <em>Journal of Black Studies, 43, </em>773-786<em>. </em>http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021934712445806</p>
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2012-01-01
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African Americans, attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help, self-concealment, mental health stigma.
