Self-concealment, avoidance of psychological services, and perceived likelihood of seeking professional help
Self-concealment, avoidance of psychological services, and perceived likelihood of seeking professional help
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DOI：
10.1037/0022-0167.45.1.58
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发表时间：
1998-01-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Short, P
中科院分区：
文献类型：
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作者：
Cepeda-Benito, A;Short, P
本科生（N = 732）完成了问卷调查，他们认为寻求专业的心理帮助，对心理治疗的态度，心理治疗的恐惧，心理困扰，社会支持和自我隐瞒的可能性。自我隐瞒（一个人倾向于保守秘密的亲密信息）与自我报告的痛苦和避免需要的心理治疗呈正相关。虽然低社会支持与更大的感知可能性寻求帮助，这种效果被取消在高水平的自我隐藏。特定类型的困扰选择性预测感知的可能性寻求帮助的功能的类型的问题，帮助会被寻求。总的来说，这些数据与之前的研究结果和结论相矛盾，即高自我隐藏者比低自我隐藏者更倾向于寻求心理服务。
Undergraduate students (N = 732) completed questionnaires about their perceived likelihood of seeking professional psychological help, attitudes toward psychotherapy, fears of psychotherapy, psychological distress, social support, and self-concealment. Self-concealment (a person's tendency to keep intimate information secret) was positively associated with self-reported distress and avoidance of needed psychological treatment. Although low social support was associated with greater perceived likelihood of seeking help, this effect was canceled at high levels of self-concealment. Specific types of distress selectively predicted perceived likelihood of seeking help as a function of the type of problem for which help would have been sought. Overall, the data contradicted previous findings and conclusions that suggested high self-concealers were more inclined than low self-concealers to seek psychological services.