A Primary Investigation of Professional Help-Seeking Attitudes, Self-Concealment and Gender Roles of University Students

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Ozbay Y., Terzi S., Erkan S., Cihangir Cankaya Z.

PEGEM EGITIM VE OGRETIM DERGISI, no.4, pp.59-71, 2011 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.14527/c1s4m7
  • Journal Name: PEGEM EGITIM VE OGRETIM DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Page Numbers: pp.59-71
  • Istanbul Kültür University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the professional help-seeking attitudes of university students from their gender, gender roles, the perspective of socioeconomic level and self concealment. Professional Help-Seeking Attitudes Scale-Short Form, Self-Concealment Scale, Bem Gender Role Inventory, and personal information form have been used as data gathering tools. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, t-test and one way anova. The results of the study show that professional help-seeking attitudes among female students are more positive than the male students; those in low or middle socioeconomic level has more positive attitudes; those with female gender roles and those with high androgens have more positive attitudes than male and ambiguous gender roles; and the students who have high levels of selfconcealment have negative attitudes toward seeking psychological help.