When Ideals Get in the Way of Self-Care: Perfectionism and Self-Stigma for Seeking Psychological Help among High School Students

Autor/inn/en	Zeifman, Richard J.; Atkey, Sarah K.; Young, Rebecca E.; Flett, Gordon L.; Hewitt, Paul L.; Goldberg, Joel O.
Titel	When Ideals Get in the Way of Self-Care: Perfectionism and Self-Stigma for Seeking Psychological Help among High School Students
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 30 (2015) 4, S.273-287 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0829-5735
DOI	10.1177/0829573515594372
Schlagwörter	Help Seeking; Mental Disorders; Personality Traits; Self Concept; Intervention; Prevention; Adolescents; High School Students; Measures (Individuals); Correlation; Likert Scales; Private Schools; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Regression (Statistics); Bias; Canada (Toronto) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Selbstkonzept; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Messdaten; Korrelation; Likert-Skala; Private school; Privatschule; Ausland; Fragebogen; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	In the current study, we investigated whether adolescents high in perfectionism are prone to experiencing self-stigma for seeking psychological help. This work is based on the premise that the need to seek help for psychological difficulties is not consistent with idealistic personal goals of perfectionistic young people and their desire to retain an idealistic self-image. A sample of 85 high school students completed the Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale, the Self-Stigma of Seeking Help Scale, and a measure of contact with individuals with mental illness. Results indicated that perfectionism was associated with self-stigma among those students with little to no experience with people with a history of mental illness. These findings suggest that certain perfectionistic students have a propensity toward low self-acceptance and judge themselves negatively for needing help. Implications are discussed for prevention and intervention programs that emphasize contact and experiential opportunities with individuals who have mental illness. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01