Theses and Dissertations from UMD

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    COLLEGE STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD SEEKING PROFESSIONAL HELP: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL CLASS, CLASSISM, AND STIGMA
    (2016) Choi, Na-Yeun; Miller, Matthew J.; Counseling and Personnel Services; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
    Research on attitudes toward seeking professional help among college students has examined the influence of social class and stigma. This study tested 4 theoretically and empirically derived structural equation models of college students’ attitudes toward seeking counseling with a sample of 2230 incoming university students. The models represented competing hypotheses regarding the manners in which objective social class, subjective social class, classism, public stigma, stigma by close others, and self-stigma related to attitudes toward seeking professional help. Findings supported the social class direct and indirect effects model, as well as the notion that classism and stigma domains could explain the indirect relationships between social class and attitudes. Study limitations, future directions for research, and implications for counseling are discussed.
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    EFFECTS OF CULTURE AND STIGMA ON ATTITUDES TOWARD SEEKING PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP AND WILLINGNESS TO SEE A COUNSELOR IN ASIAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS
    (2012) Choi, Na-Yeun; Miller, Matthew J.; Counseling and Personnel Services; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
    Asian Americans can face a number of challenges when seeking psychological help. This fact is particularly concerning when one considers the high rates of mental illness and the underutilization of mental health services amongst this population. This thesis presents an examination of how Asian Americans' willingness to see a counselor relates to their level of adherence to Asian and European-American cultural values. The path analysis conducted during this inquiry revealed that cultural values related directly to a student's willingness to see a counselor and demonstrated an indirect relation between a student's willingness to see a counselor and their stigma and attitudes. The indirect effects of stigma about receiving psychological treatment and attitudes toward seeking psychological help were revealed through data collected from a sample of 278 Asian-American college students from a Mid-Atlantic university. This thesis concludes with a discussion of the study's limitations and recommendations for future research and practice.