To investigate the suggestions that men tend to seek psychological help at lower rates than women, the present study applied Ajzen’s theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to investigate predictors of men’s intentions to seek psychological help among a population of university students in Botswana (N = 236). Participants completed four measures consisting of Attitudes Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale (ATSPPH), Self-Stigma of Seeking Help Scale (SSOSH), Social-Stigma for Receiving Psychological Help Scale (SSRPH) and Intentions of Seeking Counselling Inventory (ISCI). Multiple regression analysis revealed that attitudes towards seeking psychological help, self-stigma of seeking psychological help and social-stigma of receiving psychological help significantly predicted the intentions to seek psychological help. Generally, these findings supported the applicability of the TPB in explaining help-seeking intentions amongst Batswana male students. Accordingly, it is recommended that interventions targeted at improving male students’ help seeking intentions should address their norms, behaviours, attitudes and help seeking patterns.

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