ISSN : 1229-0688
본 연구에서는 한국문화에서 집단주의-개인주의적 성향과 상담 및 심리치료에 대한 태도가 어떠한 관계가 있는지를 살펴보았다. 또한 서구문화에 비교적 많이 노출된 대학생집단과 전통적인 동양문화적 특성을 소지하고 있을 것으로 보이는 일반성인 집단에 있어서 상담 및 심리치료에 대한 태도에 어떠한 차이가 있는지를 살펴 보았으며, 상담을 받은 경험의 유무에 따라 상담 및 심리치료에 대한 태도에 어떠한 차이가 있는지를 살펴보았다. 연구결과, 수직적 개인주의 성향이 높을수록 정신병리가 있다는 사실로 인해 생길지도 모르는 오점(stigma)을 수용하기 어려워 할 확률이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 학생과 일반인간에는 상담 및 심리치료에 대한 태도에 통계적으로 의미 있는 차이가 나타나지 않았으며, 심태치료의 경험이 있는 사람일수록 정신병리에 판한 오점수용정도가 높은 것으로 나타났다.
The present study was an attempt to better understand the tendency to stigmatize help-seeking among Koreans. Specific research questions investigated in this study were 1) Is there a relationship between individualism-collectivism and tolerance of stigma associated with help-seeking among koreans? 2) is there a difference in tolerance of stigma associated with help-seeking after counseling experience? and 3) Is there a difference in tolerance of stigma associated with help-seeking between a community sample and a college student sample in Korea? Research participants were 192 community residents and 151 college students. Tolerance of stigma associated with help-seeking was measured by a "Stigma" subscale of the Attitudes Toward Professional Psychological Help Scale (ATTPPHS: Fisher and Turner, 1970). Individualism-collectivism was measured by the scale of Individualism-Collectivism (Singellis and Triandis, et al 1995). Results indicated that the higher level of vertical individualism people show, the less tolerant they are of the stigma associated with seeking psychological help. It was also found that people who had a previous counseling experience were shown to be significantly more tolerant of the stigma associated with seeking psychological help than people who did not have a counseling experience. There was no significant difference in the degree of tolerance of stigma associated with psychological help between two samples.
