ERIC Number: EJ719917
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jan
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0828-3893
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Measuring Help-Seeking Intentions: Properties of the General Help Seeking Questionnaire
Wilson, Coralie J.; Deane, Frank P.; Ciarrochi, Joseph; Rickwood, Debra
Canadian Journal of Counselling, v39 n1 p15-28 Jan 2005
Understanding help seeking intentions and behaviour is fundamental to the identification of factors that can be modified to increase engagement in counselling. Despite considerable research on these variables, integrating prior research has been impeded by a lack of consistent and psychometrically sound help-seeking measures. The General Help-Seeking Questionnaire (GHSQ) was developed to assess intentions to seek help from different sources and for different problems. Using a sample of 218 high school students, the GHSQ was found to have satisfactory reliability and validity, and appears to be a flexible measure of help-seeking intentions that can be applied to a range of contexts.
Descriptors: Intention, Measures (Individuals), Help Seeking, Student Attitudes, High School Students, Counseling, Questionnaires, Test Construction, Psychometrics, Test Validity, Test Reliability
Canadian Counselling Association, 116 Albert Street, Suite 702, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G3 Canada. E-mail: info@ccacc.ca.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: High Schools
Audience: Counselors
Language: English
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