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ERIC Number: EJ765288
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Dec
Pages: 11
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0146-3934
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Help-Seeking Attitudes among African American College Students
So, Dominicus W.; Gilbert, Stefanie; Romero, Sergio
College Student Journal, v39 n4 p806-816 Dec 2005
Traditionally, African American students display a low-rate of seeking mental health treatment. Issues such as mistrust of White therapists, attitudes toward mental health problems, and African American spirituality affect their help-seeking behavior. The present study examined a sample of 134 African American students at a Historically Black College/University. Using the Attitude Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale, the present study explored the relationships between students' year in school, and number of college credits in predicting help-seeking attitudes. Results indicated that the greater the number of course credits students had received, the more confidence in the mental health profession they reported. (Contains 1 table.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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