Acculturation and enculturation as predictors of psychological help-seeking attitudes (HSAs) among racial and ethnic minorities: A meta-analytic investigation

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 617-632

  Sun, Shufang ^a   Hoyt, William T ^a   Brockberg, Dustin ^a   Lam, Jaime ^a   Tiwari, Dhriti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Enculturation; Help seeking attitudes; Meta analysis; Racial and ethnic minorities

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; EFFECT SIZE; ETHNIC GROUP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MINORITY GROUP; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PSYCINFO; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL NORM; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MINORITY GROUPS; SELF-CONTROL;

EID: 84988452239     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/cou0000172     Document Type: Article

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