Changing Attitudes toward Seeking Professional Help.

Autor/in	Chrisler, Joan C.
Titel	Changing Attitudes toward Seeking Professional Help.
Quelle	(1987), (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Attitude Change; College Curriculum; College Students; Helping Relationship; Higher Education; Psychotherapy; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Collegestudent; Helfende Beziehung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Psychotherapie; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Despite the increasing acceptance of the value of psychotherapy, there are still those who think people should solve their own problems. A study was conducted to investigate the attitudes of college students toward seeking professional help before and after taking a course in abnormal psychology to determine whether exposure to the purposes and methods of clinical psychology would produce more positive attitudes in students. Forty students enrolled in an Abnormal Psychology course and 29 students in a Psychology of Consciousness course completed the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Help Scale during the first class meeting and again during the last class meeting. Students in the Abnormal Psychology class showed significantly more positive attitudes toward seeking help for psychological problems at the end of the semester than at the beginning. Students enrolled in the Psychology of Consciousness class showed no significant difference in attitude. Males were significantly less positive than females in their attitudes toward seeking help. These findings have implications for instructors of psychology courses. (Author/NB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC