Testing a Multiple Mediation Model of Asian American College Students' Willingness to See a Counselor

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-302

  Kim, Paul Youngbin ^a   Park, Irene J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American; help seeking attitudes; social influences on help seeking; theory of reasoned action (TRA)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BOOTSTRAPPING; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; CULTURAL VALUE; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650954390     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014396     Document Type: Article

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