Attitudes towards Psychotherapy in Relation to Self-Stigma of Seeking Help and Coping Style. The Role of Interactions with Disabled People

The present study investigated the relationships between stigma and attitudes towards psychotherapy, discomfort experienced in interacting with people disabilities stigma, emotion-focused coping avoidant coping. In addition, we examined differences who know terms of have been to psychotherapy those not toward psychotherapy. research was conducted on a sample 171 aged 18 63 (M = 26.00; SD 8.07). They filled out questionnaires that measure self-stigma seeking help, style, interaction disabled people. results highlighted higher level occurs, more negative will be, as well average positive attitude With regard disabilities, revealed significant association coping, together fact experience less We discuss theoretical practical implication findings, delineating both factors favour help limit them addressing need for by adopting range it.