Group- and Individual- Level Self-Stigma Reductions in Promoting Psychological Help-Seeking Attitudes Among College Students in Helping Skills Courses

We examined individual- and group-level changes in self-stigma on psychological help-seeking attitudes using data from 189 college students nested within 20 helping skills lab groups. Section-level, but not individual-level, reductions in self-stigma predicted positive attitude toward psychological help-seeking. Results suggest importance of group norm changes on promoting individuals’ help-seeking attitudes.