Stigma for Seeking Therapy: Self-Stigma, Social Stigma, and Therapeutic Processes

Autor/inn/en	Owen, Jesse; Thomas, LeKeldric; Rodolfa, Emil
Titel	Stigma for Seeking Therapy: Self-Stigma, Social Stigma, and Therapeutic Processes
Quelle	In: Counseling Psychologist, 41 (2013) 6, S.857-880 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0011-0000
DOI	10.1177/0011000012459365
Schlagwörter	Self Concept; Social Bias; Correlation; Help Seeking; Counselor Client Relationship; Therapy; Well Being; Race; Ethnicity; Counseling Services; Universities; Graduate Students; Undergraduate Students; Measures (Individuals); Therapeutic Environment; Factor Analysis; Surveys; Bayesian Statistics; Working Alliance Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstkonzept; Korrelation; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Therapie; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Rasse; Abstammung; Ethnizität; University; Universität; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Messdaten; Faktorenanalyse; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	The current study examined the associations among clients' perceptions of self- and social stigma for seeking help, session outcomes, and working alliance. Ninety-one clients were treated by 26 therapists, at a large university counseling center. All clients were currently in therapy. We expected that clients' perceptions of self- and social stigma would be negatively associated with session outcomes and working alliance, after controlling for number of sessions, psychological well-being, and client and therapist race/ethnicity and sex. The results showed that clients' perceptions of self-stigma (but not social stigma) were negatively associated with working alliance. Counter to our expectations, clients' perceptions of social stigma were positively associated with session outcomes. Although clients' perceptions of self-stigma did not have a direct association with session outcomes, there was an indirect effect between self-stigma and session outcomes via working alliance. (Contains 3 tables and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10