scholarly journals Help-Seeking Attitudes, Mental Health Stigma, and Self-Concealment Among African American College Students

2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (7) ◽  
pp. 773-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akihiko Masuda ◽  
Page L. Anderson ◽  
Joshua Edmonds
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
African American ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Mental Health Stigma ◽  
African American College Students ◽  
Help Seeking Attitudes

scholarly journals Mental Health Help-Seeking Intentions Among International and African American College Students: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Kesnold Mesidor ◽  
Kaye F. Sly
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
African American ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
African American College Students

This study examined the relationship between social-cognitive factors (e.g., attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control), psychological distress, and help-seeking intentions for a sample of 111 international and African American college students. The results of this study showed that the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) variables (e.g., attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control) accounted for 17.7 % of the variance in help-seeking intentions. The first hypothesis, which predicted that positive attitudes toward mental health services and perceived behavioral control would be significant predictors of the students’ intentions to seek mental health services, was partially supported. Perceived behavioral control was the strongest predictor of helpseeking intentions. Contrary to our expectations, attitudes toward mental health services were not a significant predictor of mental health seeking intentions. The second hypothesis was not supported. There was no significant difference in mean intention scores for African American college students compared to international college students. 

scholarly journals Mindfulness and Mental Health Among African American College Students

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 115-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akihiko Masuda ◽  
Page L. Anderson ◽  
Shawn T. Sheehan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
African American ◽  
African American College Students ◽  
College Sample ◽  
Acceptance And Action Questionnaire ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale ◽  
Interpersonal Situations ◽  
Adequate Internal Consistency

The current study examined the relation of a commonly used measure of mindfulness (Mindful Attention Awareness Scale [MAAS]) and psychological flexibility (Acceptance and Action Questionnaire [AAQ]) to mental health-related variables within an African American college sample. The study also examined these constructs as potential mediators of the link between self-concealment and mental health variables. The AAQ did not show adequate internal consistency, and thus was not used in subsequent analyses. Mindfulness was found to be a significant predictor of mental health-related variables and mediated the relation between self-concealment and emotional distress in stressful interpersonal situations (full mediation) and general psychological ill health (partial mediation). These results are suggestive that mindfulness may be useful to understand mental health within African Americans college students, although additional research is clearly needed.

scholarly journals African American College Students: Literacy of Depression and Help Seeking

2011 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 497-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim L. Stansbury ◽  
Maureen Wimsatt ◽  
Gaynell Marie Simpson ◽  
Fayetta Martin ◽  
Nancy Nelson
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
African American ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
African American College Students

scholarly journals Mental health stigma and professional help-seeking attitudes a comparison between Cuba and Germany

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. e0246501
Author(s):  
Laura Nohr ◽  
Alexis Lorenzo Ruiz ◽  
Juan E. Sandoval Ferrer ◽  
Ulrike Buhlmann
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Mental Health Stigma ◽  
Professional Help ◽  
Help Seeking Attitudes ◽  
German Sample ◽  
Community Attitudes

Globally the burden due to mental disorders is continuously increasing. Still, professional help-seeking behavior is not fully understood. To conceive cultural determinants of help-seeking is crucial to reduce personal and social costs of (untreated) mental disorders. The current study investigates mental health stigma and help-seeking attitudes in a Cuban (n = 195) and a German (n = 165) sample. In a questionnaire survey we asked for attitudes towards mental illness and professional help-seeking in the general Cuban and German populations. The cultural context was associated with mental health stigma and professional help-seeking attitudes. Interestingly, Cuban participants reported stronger mental health stigma and more willingness to seek help. In multiple hierarchical regression analyses, community attitudes towards the mentally ill significantly predicted help-seeking attitudes, especially in the Cuban sample. Only in the German sample, more negative individual beliefs about mental illness predicted more self-stigma on help-seeking. Beyond that, cultural context moderated the association between mental health stigma and help-seeking attitudes with a stronger association between the measures in the German sample. However, gender did not predict help-seeking attitudes and self-stigma on help-seeking and no interactions between community attitudes, cultural context, and gender were found in the prediction of help-seeking attitudes. Similarities and differences between the samples are discussed in the light of the cultural contexts and peculiarities of the current samples. Concluding, implications of the current findings are reviewed.

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