Testing a multiple mediation model of Asian American college students' willingness to see a counselor

Adapting the theory of reasoned action, the present study examined help-seeking beliefs, attitudes, andintent among Asian American college students ( N 110). A multiple mediation model was tested to seeif the relation between Asian values and willingness to see a counselor was mediated by attitudes towardseeking professional psychological help and subjective norm. A bootstrapping procedure was used to testthe multiple mediation model. Results indicated that subjective norm was the sole significant mediatorof the effect of Asian values on willingness to see a counselor. The findings highlight the importance ofsocial influences on help-seeking intent among Asian American college students.Keywords: Asian American, help-seeking attitudes, theory of reasoned action (TRA), social influenceson help-seeking