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Black Male College Students’ Attitudes Toward Seeking Psychological Help

Lonnie E. Duncan

Western Michigan University

This study examined the relationships between age, socioeconomic status (SES), cultural mistrust, African self-consciousness, and attitude about seeking psychological help in 131 Black male undergraduate and graduate students as measured by the Hollingshead Social Status Index, Cultural Mistrust Inventory (CMI), African Self-Consciousness scale (ASC), and Attitude Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help scale (ATSPPH). Pearson r correlations indicated small magnitude, statistically significant correlations between age and ATSPPH (.19) and SES and ATSPPH (–.22) and nonsignificant correlations between ASC and ATSPPH (–.10) and CMI and ATSPPH (–.14). Simultaneous multiple regression analysis with age, SES, CMI, and ASC as predictor variables and ATSPPH as criterion identified age and SES as the significant unique predictors (R = .32, R² = .10). Findings indicated older, lower SES, Black, male students with lower CMI tended to have more positive attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help.

Key Words: Black male mental health • Black male college students • college student help-seeking behavior • attitudes toward counseling • social class and help-seeking behavior

Journal of Black Psychology, Vol. 29, No. 1, 68-86 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0095798402239229
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