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Preferences Of Self-Help Books And Their Presumed Credibility In The College Population, Morgan V. Wild Ms.
Preferences Of Self-Help Books And Their Presumed Credibility In The College Population, Morgan V. Wild Ms.
Murray State Theses and Dissertations
Self-help books are utilized as a cost-effective way of reducing psychological or emotional difficulties. Many self-help books target various types of mental health distress, and are easily accessed by the public. As of 2016, Americans spent 2.7 billion dollars on general self-help approaches, including self-help books (Nahin, Barnes, and Stussman, 2016). The present study seeks to investigate potential clients’ preferences of self-help books and their associated credibility. This study expands the work of Redding, Herbert, Forman, and Gaudiano (2008) who rated and examined the psychological properties of 50 bestselling self-help books published from the late 1990’s to 2005. The current …