A mixed method study on role identity, adherence to asian values, self-concealment and attitudes towards seeking professional help among Filipino graduate students in counseling

• Main Author: Choi, Jiheun Y.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Subjects: Counseling > Philippines; Counseling; Graduate students.
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/3751; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etd_masteral/article/10589/viewcontent/CDTG004529_P.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study investigated the attitude toward seeking professional help among the Filipino counselors in graduate level training with a sequential explanatory mixed method research design. A survey examined the trainees attitude toward seeking psychotherapy and its relationship with role identity as a caregiver, adherence to Asian value, and self-concealment of the sample population. The participants generally demonstrated moderately favorable attitude toward seeking professional help with a strong belief that they should be able to solve their own problems on their own. Inconsistent with the hypotheses, role identity as a caregiver, adherence to Asian value, and self-concealment was found unrelated to the help seeking attitude. Nine graduate student in counseling (five high attitude and four low attitude) participated in the in-depth interview during Phase II. A qualitative analysis of open-ended questions revealed that attitude toward seeking professional help is a complicated construct in which collectivism, professional role identity, and self concealment interplay. Further discussion based on the findings and its implications are provided. The limitation and recommendation of the study are also discussed.