ERIC Number: EJ783477
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0897-5264
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Help-Seeking for Stressful Events among Chinese College Students in Taiwan: Roles of Gender, Prior History of Counseling, and Help-Seeking Attitudes
Chang, Hsiaowen
Journal of College Student Development, v49 n1 p41-51 Jan-Feb 2008
The present study examined the help-seeking behavior that Chinese college students used to cope with stressful events and the roles that gender, previous counseling experience, and help-seeking attitudes played in predicting informal and formal help-seeking behavior. Nine hundred ninety-five first-year Chinese college students at a private university in Taiwan completed the survey. The results revealed that most Chinese students sought help from informal helpers as compared to from professional helpers for academic/career, interpersonal, and personal/emotional problems. Logistic regression analyses revealed that although gender was significantly correlated with help-seeking attitudes, it was only predictive of informal help-seeking for interpersonal problems. Previous counseling experience was positively correlated with formal help-seeking regardless of the types of problems, whereas help-seeking attitudes were positively correlated with informal and formal help-seeking for personal/emotional problems. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Needs, Correlation, Interpersonal Relationship, Emotional Problems, Help Seeking, Private Colleges, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Sex Role, Counseling, Student Attitudes, Coping, Stress Management, Predictor Variables
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: Counselors
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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