Perceived hierarchy of help-giving sources for two categories of student problems.

Abstract

One hundred and sixty-eight college students ranked 12 help sources in terms of perceived potential for help with two categories of problems, emotional and educational-vocational. Problem type, sex of student, and counseling experience after high school did not significantly discriminate between the rankings given help-givers. However, high school counseling experience of subjects did significantly discriminate between the rankings. For emotional concerns, students ranked student friend first, an older friend second, and parents third. For educational-vocational problems, students ranked faculty advisor first, faculty member second, and student friend third.

The effects of counsellor's experience and tendency to elicit disclosure on perceptions of individual counselling in school settings

“…A study of American college pupils indicated that they ranked professional counsellors relatively low when asked who they would turn to for advice in case of a personal problem (Christensen & Magoon, 1974). Tinsley, de St. Aubin and Brown (1982) concluded: "The aspects of this research that most clearly replicate earlier research are the findings that the professional counsellor is not the preferred help giver" (p. 530).…”

Intentions to participate in counselling among front-line, at-risk Irish government employees: an application of the theory of planned behaviour

“…Despite this general trend towards females viewing mental health services more favourably, there are research findings that have shown that males and females do not differ in their attitudes or intentions towards the utilisation of mental health services (Christensen & Magoon, 1974;Parish & Kappes, 1979;Snyder, Hill, & Derksen, 1972).…”

Choice of helpers, types of problems and sex of helpers of college students

“…to find out who the helpers of college students are, attempted to identify those helpers in relation to at least two categories of problems; emotional-social or personal problems, and educational-vocational problems (e.g., Christensen and Magoon, 1974;Leong and Sedlacek, 1986;Webster and Fritz, 1978). Other studies attempted to relate help sources to specific personal and career problems (Cook et al, 1984;Tinsley, de St. Aubin and Brown, 1982).…”

“…Several trends can be detected in studies which dealt with the selection of helpers for certain types of problems. For emotional or personal problems, college students selected friends and close friends as their first choice of the help sources (Christensen and Magoon, 1974;Tinsley, de St. Aubin and Brown, 1982). Friends or relatives were preferred as help sources for problems of beliefs, values, life changes, and career choice (Cook et al, 1984).…”

“…Friends or relatives were preferred as help sources for problems of beliefs, values, life changes, and career choice (Cook et al, 1984). For educationalvocational or career problems, college students ranked, as a help source, a faculty advisor first, a faculty member second, and a student friend third (Christensen and Magoon, 1974); for career problems, students were more likely to seek help from an academic advisor, instructor, close friend, or close relative (Tinsley, de St. Aubin and Brown, 1982). International students spending their first semester as freshmen in the USA tended to prefer faculty members and counselors more than friends as help sources for all kinds of problems (Leong and Sedlacek, 1986).…”