To seek help or not to seek help: The risks of self-disclosure.

By D. Vogel, S. Wester. 2003

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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Cultural differences in shame-focused attitudes towards mental health problems in Asian and Non-Asian student women (2007, methodology): “The Cronbach’s alpha is reported as 0.74 for the anticipated risk subscale and 0.83 for the anticipated utility subscale respectively (Vogel & Wester, 2003).”
Africentric Cultural Values, Psychological Help-Seeking Attitudes, and Self-Concealment in African American College Students (2005, background): “In addition, Vogel and Wester (2003) noted that the degree to which talking to others generally has helped in the past might be one of the clearest indicators as to whether a person would decide to seek help from a counselor.”
Perceived public stigma and the willingness to seek counseling: The mediating roles of self-stigma and attitudes toward counseling. (2007, methodology): “The results build on previous work (Vogel & Wester, 2003) by further supporting the use of Ajzen and Fishbein’s (1980) theory of reasoned action to understand help-seeking decisions.”
Age, gender, and the underutilization of mental health services: The influence of help-seeking attitudes (2006, background): “E-mail: corey_mackenzie@ umanitoba.ca ISSN 1360-7863 print/ISSN 1364-6915 online/06/060574–582 2006 Taylor & Francis DOI: 10.1080/13607860600641200 Ang, Lim, & Tan, 2004; Morgan, Ness, & Robinson, 2003; Vogel & Wester, 2003), age differences in helpseeking attitudes are less clear.”
Measuring the Self-Stigma Associated With Seeking Psychological Help (2006, methodology): “…individuals from seeking professional psychological help, such as the desire to avoid discussing distressing or personal information (Cepeda-Benito & Short, 1998; Kelly & Achter, 1995; Vogel & Wester, 2003) and the desire to avoid experiencing painful feelings (Komiya, Good, & Sherrod, 2000).”
Men’s Help Seeking for Depression: The Efficacy of a Male-Sensitive Brochure About Counseling (2010, background): “Similarly, men’s concerns about the lack of perceived value and anticipated costs of counseling have been identified as additional barriers that need to be addressed (Rochlen et al., 2006; Rochlen & O’Brien, 2002a; Vogel & Wester, 2003).”
Avoidance of Counseling: Psychological Factors That Inhibit Seeking Help (2007, background): “Journal of Counseling & Development ■ Fall 2007 ■ Volume 85 411 Vogel & Wester, 2003).”
Psychological factors in college students' attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help: A meta-analysis. (2013, background): “…toward seeking psychological help that are more positive than those male individuals hold and use more psychological services (Addis & Mahalik, 2003; Ang, Lim, & Tan, 2004; Fischer & Farina, 1995; Fischer & Turner, 1970; Leong & Zachar, 1999; Morgan, Ness, & Robinson, 2003; Vogel & Wester, 2003).”
An Adaptation and Extension of the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale1 (2004, methodology): “Despite a growing body of literature using the ATSPPHS ( Vogel & Wester, 2003 ), there are a number of conceptual and methodological reasons to suggest that a revision is overdue.”
Disclosing the Trauma of Child Sexual Abuse: A Gender Analysis (2005, background): “On the one hand, disclosure can sometimes stop the progression of victimization, alleviate stress and associated symptoms, prevent hypervigilance around keeping the secret, and create opportunities to gain new insights and secure necessary treatment (Kelly & McKillop, 1996 ; Kelly et al, 1995 ; Vo”
The role of outcome expectations and attitudes on decisions to seek professional help (2005, methodology): “…research (including Study 1) has shown that people’s comfort with disclosing personal information (Cepeda-Benito & Short, 1998; Kelly & Achter, 1995; Vogel & Wester, 2003), willingness to talk about one’s emotions with a counselor (Ciarrochi & Deane, 2001; Komiya et al., 2000; Vogel & Wester,…”
Gender, Self-Stigma, and Public Stigma in Predicting Attitudes toward Psychological Help-Seeking. (2014, background): “…2005), attachment styles (Shaffer, Vogel, & Wei, 2006; Vogel & Wei, 2005), emotional openness, (Komiya, Good, & Sherrod, 2000; Vogel, Wade, & Hackler, 2008; Vogel & Wester, 2003), self-esteem level and locus of control (Barwick, de Man & McKelvie, 2009), and personality factors (Kakhnovets, 2011).”
Barriers to Psychologists Seeking Mental Health Care (2013, unknown): “…stigma (Komiya, Good, & Sherrod, 2000), treatment fears (Deane & Todd, 1996; Kushner & Sher, 1989), fear of emotion (Komiya et al., 2000), anticipated utility and risks (Vogel & Wester, 2003; Vogel, Wester, Wei, & Boysen, 2005), and self-disclosure (Hinson & Swanson, 1993; Vogel & Wester, 2003).”
The mediating roles of anticipated risks, anticipated benefits, and attitudes on the decision to seek professional help: An attachment perspective. (2006, unknown): “Thus, although there is evidence that anticipated risks and benefits have direct effects on both attitudes and intentions to seek professional help (e.g., Vogel & Wester, 2003; Vogel, Wester, et al., 2005), their effects on how attachment influences an individual’s decisions to seek professional h”