Gender and culture: Reported problems, coping strategies and selected helpers of male and female adolescents in 17 countries

Chinese Students’ Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help

“…Previous studies in the US have found that friends and parents are the most frequently used sources of help by adolescents and undergraduate students, while professionals, including mental health professionals, are much less used or preferred (Boldero and Fallon 1995;Fallon and Bowles 1999;Gibson et al 1992;Rickwood 1995). However, it is unclear whether those who are willing to seek help from informal resources are more open to professional psychological help.…”

Adolescent coping with everyday stressors: A seven-nation study of youth from central, eastern, southern, and northern Europe

“…The higher the z-value, the more this specific coping strategy is used by adolescents of this culture, compared with the remaining coping strategies of this particular coping style. Additionally, within-country rankings were conducted per culture and coping style, based on the procedure suggested by the International Round Table for the Advancement of Counselling (Gibson et al, 1991(Gibson et al, , 1992.…”

Identified Problems and Coping Strategies: Gypsy Minority Versus Non‐Minority Adolescents

“…The same happens with Socialization Issues (see Figure 1). Recent cross-cultural studies by Gibson et al (1991Gibson et al ( , 1992 comparing samples from seventeen countries reported some interesting results: Family, Schooling and personal Identity are the three most frequently cited categories of problems by all three socio-economic groups; disadvantaged, advantaged and poverty disadvantaged. Culture is found to have little or no influence with respect to the most common types of problems.…”

“…Since it was recognized that the field work would be difficult (Gypsy respondents often change the times of pre-arranged meetings or do not turn up at all), the first phase included discussion on ways to control frustration and cope with arbitrary demands. The open-ended questionnaire to be used (Gibson et al, 1991) was discussed thoroughly, and every effort was made to formulate plausible opening sessions in addition to the standard introduction on the questionnaire. In phase two, trainees interviewed each other and then they each interviewed the same ten respondents from the local primary school.…”

“…Although the list of categories does not completely describe all the single problems or coping strategies referred to, these responses seem to occur at relatively high rates with adolescents across cultures (Gibson et al, 1991;1992). However, they do provide a framework for analysis of the quality of experiences of minority vs. non-minority adolescents under stress conditions.…”