RT Article
T1 Factors influencing attitudes towards seeking professional psychological help among South Asian students in Britain
JF Mental health, religion & culture
VO 14
IS 6
SP 613
OP 623
A1 Soorkia, Rajiv
A1 Snelgar, Rosemary
A1 Swami, Viren
LA English
PB Taylor & Francis
YR 2011
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1838987398
AB The present study examined the associations between attitudes towards seeking professional psychological help (ATSPPH), adherence to Asian values, cultural mistrust, and salience of ethnic identity in a sample of South Asian university students in Britain. A total of 148 participants completed a survey consisting of measures of the afore-mentioned variables, and provided their demographic details. Preliminary analyses showed that women held significantly more positive ATSPPH than men ( = 0.51); there were also small differences between participants of Indian, Pakistani, and other South Asian descent. Further analyses revealed that ATSPPH was significantly predicted by ethnic identity, cultural mistrust, and adherence to Asian values, once the effects of participant sex and ethnicity had been partialled out. The implications of these results for promoting mental health care utilisation among South Asian students are discussed in conclusion.
K1 cultural mistrust
K1 cultural values
K1 Ethnic Identity
K1 help-seeking attitudes
K1 Mental Health Care
DO 10.1080/13674676.2010.494176