Self-Stigma, Mental Health Literacy, and Attitudes toward Seeking Psychological Help

This study examined self-stigma of seeking psychological help and mental health literacy as predictors of college students' (N = 1,535) help-seeking attitudes, with additional attention to psychological and demographic correlates. Results indicated that mental health literacy predicted help-seeking attitudes above and beyond self-stigma. Asian American race/ethnicity, male gender, current psychological distress, and help-seeking history were also significant predictors. Implications for addressing mental health literacy and self-stigma while attending to demographic and psychological variations in help seeking are discussed.