Reexamination of the Five‐Factor Model and College Students' Treatment‐Seeking Attitudes

Abstract

This study was an attempt to replicate and extend the previous research by Puma () and Kakhnovets () on the relationships between the 5‐factor model of personality (FFM) and college students' attitudes toward seeking counseling. With a sample of 458 undergraduate students, the authors found that participant sex, prior treatment experiences, and 3 of the FFM factors (openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness) predicted college students' attitudes toward counseling, but there was no evidence of moderator effects.