ERIC Number: EJ1234580
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 9
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College Students' Peer-Helping Behaviors and Stigma of Seeking Help: Testing a Moderated Mediation Model
Kuhlman, Shane T. W.; McDermott, Ryon C.; Kridel, Matthew M.; Kantra, Lacy M.
Journal of American College Health, v67 n8 p753-761 2019
Objective: College students are most likely to seek psychological help from their peers. Internalized public stigma (ie, personal stigma) may prevent peer-helpers from aiding others, and such help-negating effects may depend on contextual factors such as race and gender. The current study examined a moderated mediation model in which the relationship between public stigma and peer intervention behaviors was mediated by personal stigma and moderated by race and gender categories. Method: Undergraduate students (N = 5,183) from the national Healthy Minds Study completed measures of help-seeking stigma and peer-helping behaviors. Results: Conditional Process Modeling revealed that personal stigma fully mediated the link between public stigma and peer-helping behaviors. Gender (but not race) moderated these associations such that the indirect and direct effects were stronger from men than women. Conclusions: Peer-helper interventions may benefit from culture-specific re-norming messages and by addressing the role of gender in peer-helping.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Help Seeking, Peer Relationship, Social Bias, Race, Gender Differences, Intervention, Mental Health, Helping Relationship, Role, Student Attitudes, Context Effect, Correlation, Cultural Differences, Comparative Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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