Counseling Utilization by Ethnic Minority College Students.

Kearney, Lisa K.; Draper, Matthew; Barón, Augustine

doi:10.1037/1099-9809.11.3.272

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“…This includes their preference for personalized and age-appropriate services and flexible interpersonal communication styles (80,81). Clinicians must be specifically trained in cultural sensitivity and competence to increase intake, retention, and successful treatment of individuals from racial-ethnic minority groups and other vulnerable young clients (24,82).…”

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Predictors of Mental Health Service Use by Young Adults: A Systematic Review

Dorstyn

Denson

2016

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Objective: The purpose of this review was to systematically evaluate the available heterogeneous research examining determinants of mental health service use among young adults.Methods: Nine electronic databases were searched to identify quantitative studies examining sociodemographic and psychological variables predictive of or associated with mental health service use. Included studies were examined against the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines. Effect size estimates in the form of odds ratios were calculated and classified according to predisposing, enabling, and need factors, consistent with Andersen's behavioral model of health care.Results: Eighteen studies met all of the inclusion criteria (N=96,297 participants). Studies generally followed the STROBE recommendations for external validity, although limitations in internal validity were noted. Prior service contact and being homosexual or bisexual, female, or Caucasian were predisposing factors significantly associated with mental health service use. Social support was the single enabling factor identified, although this finding was based on limited data. In relation to need, young adults who reported higher perceived need for professional help or more mental health difficulties were more likely to have utilized services.Conclusions: This review identified subgroups of young adults who are less likely to access mental health support. Future research should focus on developing psychoeducational interventions targeted at young men and racial-ethnic minority groups, in addition to informing young adults of the success of mental health counseling in the absence of a diagnosis.

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Predictors of Mental Health Service Use by Young Adults: A Systematic Review

Dorstyn

Denson

2016

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“…utilize psychological services (cf., Kearney et al 2005;Masuda et al 2009a) than European Americans.…”

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Mental Health Stigma, Self-Concealment, and Help-Seeking Attitudes among Asian American and European American College Students with No Help-Seeking Experience

Masuda

Boone

2011

Int J Adv Counselling

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The present study examined whether mental health stigma (i.e., negative attitudes toward people with a psychological disorder) and self-concealment are unique predictors of help-seeking attitudes in Asian American and European American college students with no history of seeking professional psychological services. The Asian American group had less favorable help-seeking attitudes overall, lower levels of stigma tolerance and interpersonal openness, greater mental health stigma, and greater self-concealment than the European American group. Mental health stigma and self-concealment were unique predictors of helpseeking attitudes overall in both groups. However, mental health stigma was not a unique predictor of recognition of need for psychotherapeutic help and confidence in mental health practitioners, the components of help-seeking attitudes theorized to be most associated with actual help-seeking behavior. Self-concealment was a unique predictor of confidence in mental health practitioners in the Asian American group, but not in the European American group.

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“…The second evaluates usage by different ethnic groups within the domestic student population. For example, Asian American students were found to use counseling services less than Caucasian American students (Kearney et al 2005). This evidence is only indirectly related to patterns of international student help-seeking.…”

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International student use of university health and counselling services

2007

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A large sample of international students attending an Australian metropolitan university provided data concerning use of university health and counselling servicestheir perceived need for help, resultant help-seeking, satisfaction with help given, explanations for not seeking help when in need, and variables that predicted help-seeking. Using as criterion the individual's perceived need for help, we found students were under-utilizing both health and counselling services. Those who did seek help evaluated their experiences positively. The gap between need and action is a concern. Students explained failure to act in terms of insufficient seriousness of problems, lack of information about services and, to a lesser extent, doubts and discomfort about the services. Contrary to views commonly expressed in the literature, student perceptions and responses showed few differences based on cultural background. Within-person variables played a stronger role than culture in accounting for students' help-seeking decisions.

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Counseling Utilization by Ethnic Minority College Students.

Cited by 171 publications

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Predictors of Mental Health Service Use by Young Adults: A Systematic Review

Predictors of Mental Health Service Use by Young Adults: A Systematic Review

Mental Health Stigma, Self-Concealment, and Help-Seeking Attitudes among Asian American and European American College Students with No Help-Seeking Experience

International student use of university health and counselling services

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