In this study, the authors examined the relationship between age, gender, self‐stigma, and help‐seeking attitudes of Chinese Americans and Chinese immigrants, hypothesizing that self‐stigma would mediate the relationship between demographic variables (age and gender) and help‐seeking attitude. Utilizing a path analysis, the authors found that self‐stigma mediated the relationship between demographic variables and help‐seeking attitude. Self‐stigma was a moderately strong predictor for help‐seeking attitude (β = –.41, p < .001). Implications are discussed.Es este estudio, los autores examinaron la relación entre edad, sexo, autoestigma y actitudes de búsqueda de ayuda en personas estadounidenses de origen chino e inmigrantes chinos, con la hipótesis de que el autoestigma mediaría la relación entre las variables demográficas (edad y sexo) y la actitud de búsqueda de ayuda. Mediante un análisis de ruta, los autores hallaron que el autoestigma medió la relación entre las variables demográficas y la actitud de búsqueda de ayuda. El autoestigma fue un indicador moderadamente fuerte de la actitud de búsqueda de ayuda (β = –.41, p < .001). Se discuten las implicaciones.
Filial therapy has been found to be an effective intervention in increasing Chinese immigrant parents' acceptance level and empathic attitude toward their children (Chau & Landreth, 1997;Yuen, Landreth, & Baggerly, 2002). It is surprising that there has been a paucity of research in this area in the last 10 years. This gap in the literature could be caused by value incongruence between play therapy and Chinese parenting. Takeuchi, Mokuau, and Chun (1992) found that the lack of congruence between Asian American values and mental health system is 1 of the salient difficulties in establishing culturally sensitive mental health services. This conceptual article explores some philosophical beliefs about Chinese parenting in an attempt to increase filial therapists' awareness of Chinese parenting practices. Some suggestions are subsequently outlined to assist therapists in providing culturally responsive filial therapy to Chinese parents.
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