Predicting College Student Intention to Seek Help for Alcohol Abuse

Codd, R. Trent; Cohen, Benjamin N.

doi:10.1521/jscp.22.2.168.22877

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“…In fact, social support mediated the relationship between distress disclosure and depression distress (Krogh, 2005). College-age heavy drinkers are not necessarily in distress over their drinking and are likely to have heavy-drinking friends who subjectively normalize the problem and discourage help seeking (Codd & Cohen, 2003;George & Tucker, 1996). More research is also needed to determine how differences in normative beliefs and specific social influences affect college student help seeking for alcohol problems.…”

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“…Unfortunately, in such studies, researchers have rarely examined help seeking specifically for alcohol problems; instead, they typically used an intention measure that comprised various types of difficulties (e.g., academic, psychological, interpersonal). An exception is a theory of reasoned action study by Codd and Cohen (2003) in which attitudes and subjective norms accounted for 12% of the variance predicting intention to seek help for alcohol use. Given the significance of alcohol-related difficulties for some college students and the underutilization of psychological services, it is important to better understand factors that influence help seeking in this population.…”

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Help Seeking for Alcohol Problems in a College Population

Cellucci

Krogh

Vik

2006

The Journal of General Psychology

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Despite the availability of effective treatments for problem drinkers, only a minority seek professional assistance. The authors investigated the influences on help seeking for alcohol-related difficulties in two separate studies. In Study 1, 59 men and 74 women completed questionnaires regarding their alcohol use, related problems, readiness to change, and help-seeking interest. The authors also developed a measure of stigma related to alcohol help seeking. Problem recognition, anxiety symptoms, and stigma predicted a global rating of help-seeking. Students (22 men and 60 women) participated in Study 2, which incorporated a multi-item measure of help-seeking intentions as well as attitude and personality measures. Positive attitudes, less perceived stigma, and greater self-efficacy increased help seeking. The findings highlight the importance of both approach and avoidance factors that affect help-seeking decisions, and the authors suggest directions for further research.

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Help Seeking for Alcohol Problems in a College Population

Cellucci

Krogh

Vik

2006

The Journal of General Psychology

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“…Much of the prior research on professional psychological helpseeking decisions has operated on the assumption that the decision to seek help is based on intentional and reasoned cognitive processes (e.g., Bayer & Peay, 1997;Codd & Cohen, 2003;Demyan & Anderson, 2012;Mo & Mak, 2009;Schomerus, Matschinger, &. Angermeyer, 2009;Skogstad, Deane, & Spicer, 2006).…”

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A test of the domain-specific acculturation strategy hypothesis.

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Lim³

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Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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Acculturation literature has evolved over the past several decades and has highlighted the dynamic ways in which individuals negotiate experiences in multiple cultural contexts. The present study extends this literature by testing M. J. Miller and R. H. Lim's (2010) domain-specific acculturation strategy hypothesis-that individuals might use different acculturation strategies (i.e., assimilated, bicultural, separated, and marginalized strategies; J. W. Berry, 2003) across behavioral and values domains-in 3 independent cluster analyses with Asian American participants. Present findings supported the domain-specific acculturation strategy hypothesis as 67% to 72% of participants from 3 independent samples using different strategies across behavioral and values domains. Consistent with theory, a number of acculturation strategy cluster group differences emerged across generational status, acculturative stress, mental health symptoms, and attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help. Study limitations and future directions for research are discussed.

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“…For example, several researchers have suggested that a better understanding of people's helpseeking behavior could be gathered by using Ajzen and Fishbein's (1980) theory of reasoned action (TRA; Bayer & Peay, 1997;Codd & Cohen, 2003;Halgin, Weaver, Edell, & Spencer, 1987). Specifically, TRA asserts that people's actions are decided through a series of rational judgments.…”

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The Role of Outcome Expectations and Attitudes on Decisions to Seek Professional Help.

Vogel

Wester

Wei

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Journal of Counseling Psychology

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Two studies examined the predictors of seeking psychological services. Study 1 examined the role of attitudes in mediating the relationship between 11 psychological factors and intent to seek help for 3 psychological problems. The results demonstrated that (a) the psychological factors and attitudes predicted 62% of the variance in intent to seek help for interpersonal problems and 18% of the variance for drug problems and (b) attitudes toward counseling mediated most of the relationships between the different psychological factors and help-seeking intent. Study 2, in turn, demonstrated that (a) anticipated outcomes of talking with a counselor were associated with the use of psychological services and (b) anticipated risks of disclosing emotions were salient for those having experienced a distressing event.

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Predicting College Student Intention to Seek Help for Alcohol Abuse

Cited by 35 publications

References 48 publications

Help Seeking for Alcohol Problems in a College Population

Help Seeking for Alcohol Problems in a College Population

A test of the domain-specific acculturation strategy hypothesis.

The Role of Outcome Expectations and Attitudes on Decisions to Seek Professional Help.

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