Why Do College Counselors Perceive Anxiety as Increasing? A Semi-Structured Examination of Five Causes

Autor/in	Martin, Chris C.
Titel	Why Do College Counselors Perceive Anxiety as Increasing? A Semi-Structured Examination of Five Causes
Quelle	In: Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 36 (2022) 1, S.23-48 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Martin, Chris C.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	8756-8225
DOI	10.1080/87568225.2020.1753611
Schlagwörter	School Counselors; College Students; Anxiety; Counselor Attitudes; Beliefs; Etiology; Bias; Social Change; Parenting Styles; Competition; Social Influences; Interpersonal Relationship; Self Concept; Individual Characteristics; Incidence; Self Esteem; At Risk Persons; Violence; Unemployment; Economic Factors; Political Issues; Mass Media Effects; Planning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School counselor; Beratungslehrer; Pädagogischer Berater; Collegestudent; Angst; Belief; Glaube; Ätiologie; Sozialer Wandel; Wettkampf; Sozialer Einfluss; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Selbstkonzept; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Vorkommen; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Risikogruppe; Gewalt; Arbeitslosigkeit; Ökonomischer Faktor; Politischer Faktor; Ablaufplanung; Planungsprozess
Abstract	Several studies suggest that college counselors believe anxiety has been rising in recent decades. However, these surveys do not allow counselors to give nuanced answers or explicate their reasons, leaving it unclear why counselors estimate such change and how they explain its etiology. Do counselors have more nuanced beliefs than surveys suggest? And to what causes do they attribute such cohort-level change? The current study aims to answer these questions through semi-structured interviews with long-tenured counselors, many of whom are also counseling-center directors. They answered open-ended questions about trends and etiology, and structured questions about five putative causes of cohort change. Counselors agreed that anxiety was higher in recent cohorts, but their answers were qualified, and they reflexively commented on personal biases and selection effects, suggesting their beliefs are more complex than quantitative surveys imply. Most counselors agreed that social change, helicopter parenting, competitiveness, and thwarted distinctiveness were causes. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01