There has been little research on intimate partner violence (IPV) in faith-based communities. This qualitative study examines social attitudes and religious values in an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community that affect the incidence of IPV and prevent women survivors from seeking help. Interviews were conducted with 8 Orthodox women and 11 community…

As multimedia language learning materials become prevalent in foreign and second language classrooms, their design is an important avenue of research in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL). Some argue that the design of the pedagogical materials should be informed by theory such as the interactionist SLA theory, which suggests that input…

This study examined the help-seeking propensities of college students enrolled in a "Principles of Financial Accounting I" course. A total of 364 students responded to a questionnaire on various aspects of help-seeking behavior. It was found that the most frequently used source of help was friends or classmates, followed by the instructor and the…

The study examined relationships between children's mastery motivation, self-assessment of performance, and task-related help-seeking behavior during task performance. A total of 79 average-achieving black elementary school students in the third- and fifth-grades, who varied in mastery motivation, performed a multi-trial verbal task and were given…

This article examines the literature and the experience of the MindMatters Plus demonstration schools in regard to improving student and staff mental health literacy. The aim of the MindMatters Plus initiative is to build the capacity of secondary schools to increase their support of students with high mental health needs. This is achieved in…

This study investigated how fathers and mothers modulated the specificity of their tutoring strategies as a function of their children's moment-to-moment behavior during a problem-solving activity. A total of 63 seven-year-old children and their parents participated in the study. Mothers and fathers worked separately with their children on a…

Limited literature exists describing the melding of philosophies aimed at increasing men's use of mental health counseling services. Members of the mental health counseling profession will benefit from collaborating with other health care professional to conceptualize alternative means to encourage men to use mental health counseling services.…

As a component of a consulting engagement with a Midwestern comprehensive mental health center, an Outpatient Assessment Questionnaire (OAQ) was administered pre-post to 124 outpatient clients in a three month time series design. These comparisons yielded significant changes on thirteen of the twenty dimensions, including general affect, positive…

Examines the role of motivation in substance abusers' acceptance of treatment and its relation to treatment outcomes. Better motivation was consistently associated with severity of substance use. Motivation was not related to alcohol and drug use severity six months later. Severity associated with motivation at entry was not related to clients'…

Tested theory that adherence to the traditional male gender role and help-seeking attitudes and behaviors are related in male undergraduates (N=401). Found traditional attitudes about male role, concern about expressing emotions, and concern about expressing affection toward other men were significantly related to negative attitudes toward seeking…

Surveyed 13,878 secondary school students concerning their perceptions of needing help in dealing with alcohol- or drug-related problems. Subjects identified as heavy substance users tended to deny having substance abuse problem. Factors which increased their perception of needing help were experiencing serious physiological effects of drugs,…

Understanding the cultural variables affecting Chinese Americans is necessary in the rehabilitation counseling process. Counseling considerations include client variables (acculturation, difficulty dealing with ambiguity, difficulty expressing emotions, and language barriers); counselor variables (therapist bias and training bias); and other…

Discriminant analysis significantly differentiated between 120 older adults needing and seeking mental health services and 120 older adults not needing services. Prior to having sought help, help seekers demonstrated poorer psychological well-being, more physical health problems, higher levels of unpleasant stressful events, and greater deficits…

Describes group counseling program at large tertiary care teaching hospital aimed at recently separated men. Notes clinical experiences that challenge widely held beliefs regarding men's help-seeking behavior and capacity for emotional relatedness. Describes experiences of clinic founders as front-line mental health counselors in addressing…

Employed self-report questionnaire in Solomon four-groups design to assess efficacy of suicide intervention classes in achieving their instructional objectives. Tenth-grade students who participated in classes as compared to controls showed significant gains in relevant knowledge about suicidal peers and significantly more positive attitudes…