Assessing psychotherapy as a western healing practice through prediction of help-seeking attitudes

Ahn, Jessica Y., Bedi, Robinder P., Choubisa, Rajneesh and Ruparel, Namita (2023) Assessing psychotherapy as a western healing practice through prediction of help-seeking attitudes. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 37 (1). pp. 47-68. ISSN 0951-5070

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Abstract

This exploratory study assessed the ability of six theory-derived variables representing possible signifiers for the Western cultural components of psychotherapy for predicting attitudes towards professional psychological help-seeking. Using data from 377 participants from India, regression analyses were conducted to test six hypotheses derived from Frank’s and Frank common factors model of psychotherapy. Results indicated a positive relationship between European American values and help-seeking attitudes, a negative relationship between Asian values and help-seeking attitudes, a positive relationship between westernization and help-seeking attitudes, and a negative relationship between cultural mistrust and help-seeking attitudes. Assessing a client’s cultural values, endorsement of a Western lifestyle, and level of cultural mistrust may be particularly predictive in determining suitability for and openness to psychotherapy with the single best predictor being European-American values. Those who do not adhere to Western values, who endorse more Asian values, who live a visibly non-Western lifestyle, and who have high mistrust of Western culture may be better suited for more culturally congruent healing methods.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Common factors model | Contextual model | Psychotherapy | South Asian Indian | Attitude towards seeking psychological help
Subjects: Social Sciences and humanities > Psychology > Social Psychology
Social Sciences and humanities > Psychology > General Psychology
Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General)
JGU School/Centre: Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences
Depositing User: Subhajit Bhattacharjee
Date Deposited: 27 Apr 2024 04:55
Last Modified: 27 Apr 2024 04:55
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2023.2173147
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/7678

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