APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Gender, Stigma, and Generation Status As Potential Barriers to Seeking Mental Health Services By Latino College Students

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Clinical Science

  • Andrea Villanueva
    California State University, Northridge
  • Darren Winograd
    California State University, Northridge
  • Eric Ashley
    California State University, Northridge
  • Scott Plunkett
    California State University, Northridge

Abstract

Data from 567 Latino college students was used to examine whether gender, public stigma, self-stigma, and acculturation related to seeking (a) psychological help or (b) mental health services for 17 issues. Self-stigma and being male were barriers to seeking psychological help and/or mental health services by Latino college students.

Psychology/Diversity

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