The correlates of help-seeking behavior among Chiang Kai-Shek College students

• Main Author: Li, Hsiu-Chin
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1992
• Subjects: Helping behavior; College students; Chiang Kai-Shek College; Chinese students > Philippines
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1399
• Institution: De La Salle University

The study investigates the correlates of help-seeking behavior among Chiang-kai-shek College students. The potential correlates considered in this study were students' needs, preferred helpers, gender, gender-role and help-seeking attitude. The researcher selected 113 college students (47 males and 66 females) from Chiang-kai-shek College. The instruments used for data gathering were: a. The Students Needs Inventory by Torres, et al. (1984), b. Checklist of Preferred Helpers, c. The Bem's Sex Role Inventory (1974), and d. Attitude Towards Seeking Professional Help Scale (1970). The data gathered were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Processing of data was done by the STAR Computer Center of De La Salle University, with the assistance of Fr. Luke Moortgat, CICM preliminary to computerization. Results indicated that Chiang-kai-shek College students tend to be non-seekers with only a third preferring to seek help. Students had problems on areas such as spiritual-moral needs, academic needs, physical needs, psychological-emotional needs and social needs and also these did not affect students in their help seeking behavior. The students' preferred helpers were their parents and classmates/friends. The study also showed that there is a significant relationship between student's preferred helpers and help-seeking behavior on three areas-academic, physical, and sexual needs. Moreover, the results showed that gender is not related to help-seeking behavior. Gender-role is slightly associated with help-seeking behavior. Help-seeking attitude, especially recognition of need for psycho-therapeutic help, stigma tolerance, and interpersonal openness, likewise has a slight correlation with help-seeking behavior.