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Greenidge, Wendy-lou L.; Daire, Andrew P. – International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 2010
This study investigated the impact of emotional openness on attitudes towards seeking professional counseling of 500 English-speaking Caribbean college students, some living in the U.S. and others resident in the Caribbean. Length of stay in the U.S. was included as a potentially influential variable. Results indicated that emotional openness is a…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Help Seeking, Predictor Variables, Counseling
McCarthy, John T.; Bruno, Michelle L.; Sherman, Christine A. – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 2010
This study examined the help-seeking attitudes of graduate students enrolled in an off-campus professional centre. The sample consisted of 217 participants enrolled in 10 graduate programs (130 women [60%], 37 men [17%], 50 unspecified [23%]). Analyses (descriptive statistics and t-tests) indicated that women possessed more favourable attitudes…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Help Seeking, Insurance, Barriers
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Gloria, Alberta M.; Castellanos, Jeanett; Park, Yong Sue; Kim, Daniel – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2008
Differences in and relationships of Asian cultural values, cultural congruity, perception of the university environment, and help-seeking attitudes for 1st- and 2nd-generation Korean American undergraduates (N = 228) were examined. Women reported significantly higher cultural congruity and more positive help-seeking attitudes than did men. Asian…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Social Values, Korean Americans, Asian Culture
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Chang, Hsiaowen – Journal of College Student Development, 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…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Needs, Correlation, Interpersonal Relationship
Noeth, Richard J.; And Others – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1984
Examined factors college-bound high school seniors (N=848) perceived as most helpful in making career decisions. Results suggested that their families and interesting high school classes were the most helpful factors. Teachers were also rated as helpful, while counselors generally were not. (JAC)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, College Bound Students, Counselor Role