Latin@ undergraduates’ willingness to seek and attitudes towards counseling: An examination of cultural orientation and cultural fit

Abstract

ABSTRACT We explored the differences between and relationships of gender, class, college generation, and previous counseling experience for cultural orientation, cultural fit, willingness to seek and attitudes towards counseling for 112 Latin@ undergraduates. Ethnic identity played a key role as differences by college generation emerged where first-generation college students reported higher levels of ethnic identity as well as a stronger relationship of ethnic identity and marginality than their continuing-generation counterparts. The current study provided evidence for a new emic-specific scale for Latin@ undergraduates’ willingness to seek counseling services. Practice implications for university personnel and student services providers are provided.