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Title: Effects of Exposure to Public Figures' Use of Psychologists on Attitude Towards Help-Seeking Behavior.
Author : North American Journal of Psychology
Release Date : January 01, 2008
Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 218 KB

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One-hundred-and-eighty-one university students and members of the general population were presented with either general information about psychology or with examples of well-known people who had sought professional psychological assistance for mental health issues or for performance optimization in sports. Following this, their attitude towards seeking psychological help for mental illness was measured. Contrary to expectation, attitudes were not more positive after exposure to the celebrities who had obtained help for mental health issues. However, it was found that men had a more negative attitude on the factor of stigma tolerance after exposure to models of well-known individuals who obtained professional assistance for sports performance. It is recommended that these findings be reinvestigated with changes to the experimental design. **********