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Cultural Differences in Professional Help Seeking: A Comparison of Japan and the U.S.
Previous research has found cultural differences in the frequency of support seeking. Asians and Asian Americans report seeking support from their close others to deal with their stress less often compared to European Americans. Similarly, other research on professional help seeking has shown that A...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3576055/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23426857 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00615 |
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author | Mojaverian, Taraneh Hashimoto, Takeshi Kim, Heejung S. |
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description | Previous research has found cultural differences in the frequency of support seeking. Asians and Asian Americans report seeking support from their close others to deal with their stress less often compared to European Americans. Similarly, other research on professional help seeking has shown that Asians and Asian Americans are less likely than European Americans to seek professional psychological help. Previous studies link this difference to multitude of factors, such as cultural stigma and reliance on informal social networks. The present research examined another explanation for cultural differences in professional help seeking. We predicted that the observed cultural difference in professional help seeking is an extension of culture-specific interpersonal relationship patterns. In the present research, undergraduate students in Japan and the United States completed the Inventory of Attitudes toward Seeking Mental Health Services, which measures professional help seeking propensity, psychological openness to acknowledging psychological problems, and indifference to the stigma of seeking professional help. The results showed that Japanese reported greater reluctance to seek professional help compared to Americans. Moreover, the relationship between culture and professional help seeking attitudes was partially mediated by use of social support seeking among close others. The implications of cultural differences in professional help seeking and the relationship between support seeking and professional help seeking are discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-35760552013-02-20 Cultural Differences in Professional Help Seeking: A Comparison of Japan and the U.S. Mojaverian, Taraneh Hashimoto, Takeshi Kim, Heejung S. Front Psychol Psychology Previous research has found cultural differences in the frequency of support seeking. Asians and Asian Americans report seeking support from their close others to deal with their stress less often compared to European Americans. Similarly, other research on professional help seeking has shown that Asians and Asian Americans are less likely than European Americans to seek professional psychological help. Previous studies link this difference to multitude of factors, such as cultural stigma and reliance on informal social networks. The present research examined another explanation for cultural differences in professional help seeking. We predicted that the observed cultural difference in professional help seeking is an extension of culture-specific interpersonal relationship patterns. In the present research, undergraduate students in Japan and the United States completed the Inventory of Attitudes toward Seeking Mental Health Services, which measures professional help seeking propensity, psychological openness to acknowledging psychological problems, and indifference to the stigma of seeking professional help. The results showed that Japanese reported greater reluctance to seek professional help compared to Americans. Moreover, the relationship between culture and professional help seeking attitudes was partially mediated by use of social support seeking among close others. The implications of cultural differences in professional help seeking and the relationship between support seeking and professional help seeking are discussed. Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-01-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3576055/ /pubmed/23426857 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00615 Text en Copyright © 2013 Mojaverian, Hashimoto and Kim. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in other forums, provided the original authors and source are credited and subject to any copyright notices concerning any third-party graphics etc. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Mojaverian, Taraneh Hashimoto, Takeshi Kim, Heejung S. Cultural Differences in Professional Help Seeking: A Comparison of Japan and the U.S. |
title | Cultural Differences in Professional Help Seeking: A Comparison of Japan and the U.S. |
title_full | Cultural Differences in Professional Help Seeking: A Comparison of Japan and the U.S. |
title_fullStr | Cultural Differences in Professional Help Seeking: A Comparison of Japan and the U.S. |
title_full_unstemmed | Cultural Differences in Professional Help Seeking: A Comparison of Japan and the U.S. |
title_short | Cultural Differences in Professional Help Seeking: A Comparison of Japan and the U.S. |
title_sort | cultural differences in professional help seeking: a comparison of japan and the u.s. |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3576055/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23426857 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00615 |
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