What is it about?

This study examined how college-age female students' perceived stress associated with being a woman, their sense of solidarity with other women, and their perceived social stigma influence their intentions to seek mental health counseling.

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Why is it important?

Although women have been shown to endorse more positive mental health help-seeking attitudes and intentions, there has been no study that examines how women's subjective experience associated with their gender-- including gender-related stress and gender-related solidarity -- influence their help-seeking intentions. This study is the first to study these two unique, novel aspects of women's experience.

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This page is a summary of: College Women’s Subjective Femininity Stress, Gender Solidarity, and Psychological Help-Seeking Intentions, The Counseling Psychologist, April 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0011000017701820.
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