Barriers to Seeking School Counselling: Malaysian Chinese School Students’ Perspectives

Chen, Kai Shen; Kok, Jin Kuan

doi:10.1017/jgc.2015.21

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“…Our findings resonate with previous research involving Malaysian‐Chinese students (Chen & Kok, ). Our participants echoed concepts of “shameful” and “fearful” selves, in suggesting that people with mental health problems might feel ashamed and want to “hide” from their problems.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Context‐specific research is needed to develop more accessible and acceptable mental health services, particularly for high‐risk youth. Only one known study has addressed barriers to mental health help‐seeking among young Malaysians, focusing on attitudes of Malaysian‐Chinese high school students towards school counselling (Chen & Kok, ). Identified barriers included self‐stigma and anticipated stigma (“shameful” self); believing the problem is not serious or is one's own responsibility (“responsible” self); lacking courage (“fearful” self) or time (“busy” self) for help‐seeking; concerns about counsellors' competence (“concerned” self); and the availability of alternative non‐formal support (“resourceful” self).…”

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Views of young people in Malaysia on mental health, help‐seeking and unusual psychological experiences

Berry

Michelson

Othman³

et al. 2019

Early Intervention Psych

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Aim: Mental health problems are prevalent among young people in Malaysia yet access to specialist mental health care is extremely limited. More context-specific research is needed to understand the factors affecting help-seeking in youth, when mental health problems typically have first onset. We aimed to explore the attitudes of vulnerable young Malaysians regarding mental health problems including unusual psychological experiences, help-seeking and mental health treatment.Methods: In the present study, nine young people (aged 16-23 years) from lowincome backgrounds participated in a semi-structured interview about their perspectives on mental health problems, unusual psychological experiences and help-seeking.

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confidence: 92%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Views of young people in Malaysia on mental health, help‐seeking and unusual psychological experiences

Berry

Michelson

Othman³

et al. 2019

Early Intervention Psych

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“…The potential therapeutic value of being asked about unusual experiences is a particularly notable finding. Young people in Malaysia may tend to underestimate the seriousness of their own problems and set a very high threshold for help-seeking [55]. A lack of knowledge about mental health problems is considered to underpin the high level of mental health stigma in Malaysia, and education and awareness generation are therefore key activities for stigma reduction [56].…”

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confidence: 99%

Assessing social recovery of vulnerable youth in global mental health settings: a pilot study of clinical research tools in Malaysia

Berry

Othman²,

Tan³

et al. 2019

BMC Psychiatry

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Background A social recovery approach to youth mental health focuses on increasing the time spent in valuable and meaningful structured activities, with a view to preventing enduring mental health problems and social disability. In Malaysia, access to mental health care is particularly limited and little research has focused on identifying young people at risk of serious socially disabling mental health problems such as psychosis. We provide preliminary evidence for the feasibility and acceptability of core social recovery assessment tools in a Malaysian context, comparing the experiential process of engaging young Malaysian participants in social recovery assessments with prior accounts from a UK sample. Methods Nine vulnerable young people from low-income backgrounds were recruited from a non-government social enterprise and partner organisations in Peninsular Malaysia. Participants completed a battery of social recovery assessment tools (including time use, unusual experiences, self-schematic beliefs and values). Time for completion and completion rates were used as indices of feasibility. Acceptability was examined using qualitative interviews in which participants were asked to reflect on the experience of completing the assessment tools. Following a deductive approach, the themes were examined for fit with previous UK qualitative accounts of social recovery assessments. Results Feasibility was indicated by relatively efficient completion time and high completion rates. Qualitative interviews highlighted the perceived benefits of social recovery assessments, such as providing psychoeducation, aiding in self-reflection and stimulating goal setting, in line with findings from UK youth samples. Conclusions We provide preliminary evidence for the feasibility and acceptability of social recovery assessment tools in a low-resource context, comparing the experiential process of engaging young Malaysian participants in social recovery assessments with prior accounts from a UK sample. We also suggest that respondents may derive some personal and psychoeducational benefits from participating in assessments (e.g. of their time use and mental health) within a social recovery framework.

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“…The role of counselors and counseling in society is still low, because we consider counseling too personal (Chen & Kok, 2017;Mansor, Sanasi, Nor, Nasir, & Wahab, 2017). Worse, some argue that if a student or individual meets with their counselor, they are ill (Bakar & Zakaria, 2018;Low, Kok, & Lee, 2013).…”

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Students discipline problems perception of counseling services: a qualitative analysis

Bakar

Dawson

Ifdil

2020

JCET

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This study aims to discuss the perceptions of high school students towards guidance and counseling services. The aim of this study is to identify students’ perceptions of counseling sessions and to identify the services that students prefer. The sample of this study is 4 students comprising form four and five who attend national school from a famous Tuition Center in Butterworth, Penang. This study used interview sessions to collect data. The interview protocol comprises 10 unstructured questions that include the student’s background, situation at home, the reasons they do not see the counselor and the student’s choice of services other than counseling. We conducted theme analysis based on the respondents’ feedback. The results showed that students had a negative perception regarding meetings with counselors.

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Barriers to Seeking School Counselling: Malaysian Chinese School Students’ Perspectives

Cited by 21 publications

References 41 publications

Views of young people in Malaysia on mental health, help‐seeking and unusual psychological experiences

Views of young people in Malaysia on mental health, help‐seeking and unusual psychological experiences

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Students discipline problems perception of counseling services: a qualitative analysis

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