Exploring Linguistic Barriers to Help-Seeking Behaviors: The Lived Experiences of Chinese Undergraduate Students

Autor/in	Hillis, Erin Rene
Titel	Exploring Linguistic Barriers to Help-Seeking Behaviors: The Lived Experiences of Chinese Undergraduate Students
Quelle	(2017), (144 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Memphis
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-3550-3860-6
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Undergraduate Students; Barriers; Help Seeking; Linguistic Competence; Cultural Differences; Teacher Student Relationship; Qualitative Research; Phenomenology; Helping Relationship; Physical Health; Mental Health; English Language Learners; Academic Ability; Interpersonal Competence; Asians; Foreign Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Sprachkompetenz; Kultureller Unterschied; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Qualitative Forschung; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Helfende Beziehung; Gesundheitszustand; Psychohygiene; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate
Abstract	First time college undergraduate students from China face linguistic and cultural barriers when seeking academic help from their faculty members, but there is little research addressing these students' experiences of encountering these barriers, nor how the barriers are overcome. This qualitative transcendental phenomenological study sought understanding of these students' experiences, identified linguistic help-seeking behaviors exhibited by this population, and contributed to the knowledge on encouraging these students to access the support services available to them. This project specifically introduced the concept of "help-seeking behaviors" (borrowed from medical or clinical sciences) to the field of linguistics. Additionally, this project identified several linguistic and cultural barriers experienced by this population. This project explored the experiences shared by Chinese undergraduate students at a large, urban, mid-south research university in the United States, specifically, the linguistic and cultural barriers preventing them from successfully seeking and/or receiving academic help. This topic has additional ramifications in student physical health, mental health, ESL needs, and the development of social and academic skills in the US. The results of this project include information that could enable students from China to better access the support services available to them through educating faculty and staff about the unique linguistic helpseeking behaviors employed by this population, and the linguistic and cultural barriers this population faces. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01