Filipino Americans present with very low rates of mental health help‐seeking. Because of the colonial history between the Philippines and the United States, the authors examined how colonial mentality and internalized oppression, along with ethnic identity, acculturation, and social support, were related to mental health help‐seeking attitudes of Filipino Americans (N = 410). Furthermore, the authors investigated how colonial mentality affects the ethnic identity of Filipino Americans. Major findings included that colonial mentality was negatively related to ethnic identity development and social support, and higher levels of colonial mentality significantly predicted negative mental health help‐seeking attitudes above and beyond ethnic identity, acculturation, social support, and demographic variables. Implications for the counseling profession are considered.

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菲律宾裔美国人的殖民心理与心理健康帮助

菲律宾裔美国人的心理健康求助率非常低。由于菲律宾和美国之间的殖民历史，作者研究了殖民心理和内在压迫以及种族认同，适应和社会支持如何与菲律宾裔美国人的心理健康求助态度相关（N= 410）。此外，作者调查了殖民心理如何影响菲律宾裔美国人的种族身份。主要发现包括，殖民地心态与种族认同发展和社会支持负相关，更高水平的殖民心态显着预测了负面的心理健康求助态度，超越了种族认同，文化适应，社会支持和人口统计学变量。考虑对咨询行业的影响。