Help -seeking attitudes and counseling expectations as predictors of Bermudians' help -seeking behavior

The overall purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which Bermudians' attitudes toward counseling, general counseling expectations, and multicultural counseling expectations would predict their psychological help-seeking behavior. Participants were 250 college students from a community college in Bermuda. Logistic regression analyses indicated that general counseling expectations factors personal commitment and facilitative conditions were the best predictors of White Bermudians' help-seeking behavior, which provides support for Tinsley, Workman, & Kass' (1980) conceptualization of counseling expectations as being related to individuals' subsequent behavior. Favorable attitudes toward counseling and the personal commitment counseling expectations factor were each significantly predictive of Black Bermudian college students' help-seeking behavior. No significant differences by race were found between White and Black Bermudian college students' attitudes toward counseling, general counseling expectations, and multicultural counseling expectations. Implications of the findings for counseling are discussed, along with suggestions for future research directions.