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Wright, Courtney J.; Wilson, Sarah A.; Hammer, Joseph H.; Hargis, Lucy E.; Miller, Melanie E.; Usher, Ellen L. – Journal of Engineering Education, 2023
Background: Engineering students encounter high levels of stress, which may negatively impact their mental health. Nevertheless, engineering students who experience mental health distress are less likely than their peers to seek professional help, even when controlling for gender and race/ethnicity. Purpose: We examined beliefs that undergraduate…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Affordances
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Vogel, David L.; Armstrong, Patrick Ian; Tsai, Pei-Chun; Wade, Nathaniel G.; Hammer, Joseph H.; Efstathiou, Georgios; Holtham, Elizabeth; Kouvaraki, Elli; Liao, Hsin-Ya; Shechtman, Zipora; Topkaya, Nursel – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2013
Researchers have found that the stigma associated with seeking therapy--particularly self-stigma--can inhibit the use of psychological services. Yet, most of the research on self-stigma has been conducted in the United States. This is a considerable limitation, as the role of self-stigma in the help-seeking process may vary across cultural groups.…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Help Seeking, Validity, Cultural Differences
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Hammer, Joseph H.; Vogel, David L. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2013
Prior research on professional psychological help-seeking behavior has operated on the assumption that the decision to seek help is based on intentional and reasoned processes. However, research on the dual-process prototype/willingness model (PWM; Gerrard, Gibbons, Houlihan, Stock, & Pomery, 2008) suggests health-related decisions may also…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Counseling Psychology, Structural Equation Models, Decision Making
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Vogel, David L.; Bitman, Rachel L.; Hammer, Joseph H.; Wade, Nathaniel G. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2013
Stigma is considered an important barrier to seeking mental health services. Two types of stigma exist: public stigma and self-stigma. Theoretically, it has been argued that public stigma leads to the development of self-stigma. However, the empirical support for this assertion is limited to cross-sectional data. Therefore, the goal of this…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Structural Equation Models, Social Attitudes
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Hammer, Joseph H.; Vogel, David L. – Counseling Psychologist, 2010
Although depression among men is becoming better understood, men still underuse counseling services. Hence, there is an important need for improved ways to reach out to depressed men. This study examined the efficacy of a male-sensitive brochure aimed toward improving attitudes about seeking counseling and reducing the self-stigma of seeking…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Help Seeking, Mental Health, Marketing
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Vogel, David L.; Heimerdinger-Edwards, Sarah R.; Hammer, Joseph H.; Hubbard, Asale – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2011
The role of conformity to dominant U.S. masculine norms as an antecedent to help-seeking attitudes in men has been established using convenience samples made up largely of college-age and European American males. However, the role of conformity to masculine norms on help-seeking attitudes for noncollege-age men or for men from diverse backgrounds…
Descriptors: College Students, Race, Help Seeking, Structural Equation Models