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Help seeking behavior in a diverse sample of Asian American adults
Nguyen, P., Corona, R., DeCarlo, M. P., Yaros, A. C., Le, A. T., & Compton, K. (2018). Help seeking behavior in a diverse sample of Asian American adults. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies, 5(2), 1-15. http://www.ejecs.org/index.php/JECS/article/view/124
We sought to characterize the help-seeking behavior of Asian Americans living in a Southeastern community in the U.S. by examining different types of services sought, help-seeking preferences, and how demographic characteristics and mental health problems (including domestic violence) predicted these behaviors. 610 Asian Americans (mean age = 39.43 years; 59.6% female; 75% immigrants) completed an anonymous, community survey that included measures of different types of help-seeking behaviors and preferences, mental health symptoms, and exposure to domestic violence. The two most-frequently help-seeking behaviors included seeking advice from friends, family members, or relatives (66.7%), and visiting a medical doctor (46.4%). In logistic regression models, older age, sex, immigrant status and symptomatic depression predicted different types of help-seeking behaviors and preferences. Neither domestic violence experience or symptomatic anxiety significantly predicted help-seeking.
