Cross-Cultural Validation of Self-Stigma of Seeking Help Scale

Tsai, Pei‐Chun; Vogel, David L.; Wade, Nathaniel G.; Hammer, Joseph H.; Liao, Hsin-Ya; Holtham, Elizabeth; Kouvaraki, Elli; Efstathiou, Georgios; Golden, Sarahbeth; Sezer, Sevgi; Kezer, Fatih; McCullagh, Avril

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“…Furthermore, consistent with past research (Kim et al, 2006), it was observed that Asian students perceived lower levels of support availability from their friends and parents compared to Euro-Caucasians. However, no such differences were observed for either the self-stigma of help-seeking (see also Tsai, 2011), or with respect to depressive symptoms. The latter finding was somewhat unexpected, as others have found that depressive symptoms among Asians was greater than among Euro-Caucasians (Kuo, 1984), although findings regarding differences in the lifetime prevalence between these populations have varied (Kalibatseva & Leong, 2011).…”

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Support, Depressive Symptoms, and the Stigma towards Seeking Mental Health Help

Talebi

Matheson

Anisman

2013

International Journal of Social Science Studies

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Although many individuals are affected by psychological disorders, few will seek professional help. Cultural perceptions might complicate this, as emotional suppression and shame of mental illness predominate in some cultures. This online study investigated factors contributing to the stigma of seeking help among Asian (n=81) and Euro-Caucasian (n=472) students. Depressive symptoms mediated relations between social support and self-stigma for seeking help for mental health problems, as well as for academic problems. The role of depression in the relation between social support and other-stigma of seeking mental health and academic help differed by cultural group, in that the relation between depressive symptoms and stigma was more pronounced among Asians, suggesting that targeted efforts may need to be directed at specific populations.

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