Students’ Help Seeking during Physical Education

2008 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 368-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan B. Nye
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
School Students ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviors ◽  
Academic Tasks ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Seeking Help ◽  
Constant Comparative Analysis

Seeking help with academic tasks has been regarded as an important strategy to enhance student learning (Newman, 1994; Ryan, Gheen, & Midgley, 1998; Zimmerman & Martinez-Pons, 1986). Seeking help is conceptualized as student-initiated efforts to secure task information or solicit advice when a deficiency in their understanding of the content exists (Newman & Schwager, 1995; Zimmerman & Martinez-Pons, 1986). An interpretive qualitative research design utilizing a case study approach was used to explore middle school students’ help-seeking instances during their physical education classes. Ten students (6 females and 4 males) were selected from two middle schools. The students’ participated in two semistructured interviews regarding their help-seeking behaviors. Constant comparative analysis was used to analyze the interview data. Results indicated students would seek help to clarify or enhance understanding of an activity or to get a good grade and cited reluctance to seek help owing to their desire for independent mastery or the perceived risk of embarrassment in front of their peers.

scholarly journals Modifying Self-Blame, Self-Esteem, and Disclosure Through a Cooperative Cross-Age Teaching Intervention for Bullying Among Adolescents

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 609-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Boulton ◽  
Louise Boulton
Keyword(s):  
Help Seeking ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Random Allocation ◽  
Cooperative Groups ◽  
School Students ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Seeking Help

Bullying is common among school students, and some victims hold self-blaming attributions, exhibit low self-esteem, and do not seek social support. A wait-list control pre-/post-test experimental design, with random allocation, was used to assess the effects of a novel cross-age teaching of social issues (CATS) intervention on the latter 3 variables among peer-identified victims of bullying (N = 41, mean age = 14.5 years). In small cooperative groups of classmates, participants designed and delivered a lesson to younger students that informed them that bullies not victims are in the wrong, victims have no reason to feel bad about themselves, and that seeking help can be beneficial. CATS led to a significant improvement on all 3 dependent variables with mostly large effect sizes; these positive effects were even stronger with a bigger dose of intervention (6 hr vs. 4 hr), and changes in self-blame, and separately changes in self-esteem, mediated the positive effect of the intervention on help-seeking. The theoretical and practical implications of these results were discussed, especially in terms of supporting a highly vulnerable subgroup of adolescents.

scholarly journals Women'S Awareness of Cancer Symptoms: A Review of the Literature

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 579-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra C Jones ◽  
Keryn Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Outcomes ◽  
Cancer Detection ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Late Diagnosis ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Invasive Treatment ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviors ◽  
Cancer Symptoms ◽  
Seeking Help

Improvements in cancer detection and treatment have led to consistent declines in mortality from many cancers. However, many patients present for treatment at a point where more invasive treatment is required and/or treatment outcomes are less than optimal. One factor that has been consistently shown to be associated with late diagnosis and treatment is delay in seeking help for symptoms. This paper reviews the literature on women's awareness of cancer symptoms and aims to identify knowledge gaps that need to be addressed in order to improve help-seeking behaviors. The discovery of substantial gaps in awareness suggest a need for improved community education regarding cancer symptoms.

Help-Seeking Behaviors of Male Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in Kenya

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2110428
Author(s):  
Eric Y. Tenkorang ◽  
Mariama Zaami ◽  
Sitawa Kimuna ◽  
Adobea Y. Owusu ◽  
Emmanuel Rohn
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviors ◽  
Male Survivors ◽  
Seeking Help

Very few studies examine the help-seeking behaviors of male survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Kenya or sub-Saharan Africa more generally. Using nationally representative cross-sectional data from 1,458 male survivors and multinomial logit models, we examined what influences men’s decision to seek help after experiencing IPV. Results show the majority of male survivors did not seek help. Those who did so turned to informal rather than formal sources. The severity of physical violence was the most robust and consistent predictor of help-seeking. Male survivors of severe physical abuse had higher odds of seeking help from informal support networks than not seeking help. Compared to the uneducated, highly educated men were significantly more likely to seek help from formal support networks than to not seek help at all. Sensitization programs are required to educate male survivors of IPV on available sources of support. In particular, barriers to help-seeking must be removed to encourage male survivors to find support.

scholarly journals Is Women’s Empowerment Associated With Help-Seeking for Spousal Violence in India?

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (9) ◽  
pp. 1519-1548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Rowan ◽  
Elizabeth Mumford ◽  
Cari Jo Clark
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
State Level ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Spousal Violence ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviors ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Seeking Help ◽  
Low Prevalence

Violence against women by their husbands is a problem for women worldwide. However, the majority of women do not seek help. This article presents findings from a national survey in India on empowerment-related correlates of help-seeking behaviors for currently married women who experienced spousal violence. We examined individual-, relationship-, and state-level measures of empowerment on help-seeking from informal and formal sources. Findings indicate that help-seeking is largely not associated with typical measures of empowerment or socio-economic development, whereas state-level indicators of empowerment may influence help-seeking. Although not a target of this study, we also note that injury from violence and the severity of the violence were among the strongest factors related to seeking help. Taken together, the low prevalence of help-seeking and lack of strong individual-level correlates, apart from severe harm, suggests widespread barriers to seeking help. Interventions that affect social norms and reach women and men across social classes in society are needed in addition to any individual-level efforts to promote seeking help for spousal violence.

A grounded theory study of help-seeking behaviors among White male high school students.

2003 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca M. Timlin-Scalera ◽  
Joseph G. Ponterotto ◽  
Fran C. Blumberg ◽  
Margo A. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
White Male ◽  
School Students ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviors ◽  
Grounded Theory Study ◽  
Male High School

scholarly journals Immigration-Related Factors and Depression Help-Seeking Among Older Chinese Americans

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 149-149
Author(s):  
Dexia Kong ◽  
Man Guo ◽  
Melissa Simon ◽  
XinQi Dong
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Chinese Americans ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviors ◽  
Chinese Older Adults ◽  
Seeking Help ◽  
Older Chinese

Abstract Asian Americans have the lowest mental health service utilization rate among all racial/ethnic groups. One important yet understudied aspect of this group’s mental health service use is its potential associations with immigration-related factors such as migration reasons, years in U.S., acculturation, and ethnic enclave residence. Using data from the Population-based Study of Chinese Elderly in Chicago (collected 2013-2015, N=3,123), this study investigates whether and how immigration-related factors shape mental health service utilization. Four categories of help-seeking behaviors for depressive symptoms were examined, including not seeking help (23.5%), seeking help from informal source(s) only (40%), seeking help from both informal and formal sources (28.7%), and seeking help from formal source(s) only (8.8%). Results of logistic regressions showed that U.S. Chinese older adults who migrated for family reasons were less likely to seek help from informal sources only than those who migrated for other reasons [Odds Ratio (OR)=0.64, 95% Confidence Interval (CI)=0.42-0.99). Less acculturated older immigrants (OR = 0.88, 95% CI = 0.79-0.97) and those who lived in Chinatown (OR = 2.34, 95% CI = 1.21-4.52) were more likely to seek help from formal sources only (relative to not seeking any help). Our findings showed that majority of the older Chinese Americans with depressive symptoms either did not seek help or sought help from informal sources only. Their help-seeking behaviors were shaped by their migration and acculturation experiences. Leveraging informal support networks and ethnicity-specific resources in Chinatown represent a culturally appropriate approach to facilitate mental health help-seeking among U.S. Chinese older adults.

scholarly journals Gendered Manifestations of Depression and Help Seeking Among Men

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarrod B. Call ◽  
Kevin Shafer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Medical Provider ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviors ◽  
Mental Health Concern ◽  
Seeking Help ◽  
Using Data

Men who do not seek help for mental health problems may experience unnecessary suffering which ultimately affects the well-being of themselves and others. Gendered manifestations of depressive symptoms may play an important role in why some men do not seek help for mental health issues. Using data from 2,382 male respondents in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, the authors examined the relationship that both traditional and male-typical symptoms of depression had on the help-seeking behaviors of men. Traditional symptoms increased the odds of seeking help for depression for all men. Male-typical symptoms, however, did not increase the odds of seeking help for depression or another mental health concern. Both traditional and male-typical symptoms increased the odds of initially seeking help from a medical provider, and men with male-typical symptoms had an overall higher likelihood of seeking help from a medical provider. Consequently, it is important that medical professionals assess for depression even when it is not a presenting concern.

scholarly journals Hunting to Feel Human, the Process of Women’s Help-Seeking for Suicidality After Intimate Partner Violence: A Feminist Grounded Theory and Photovoice Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 233339361990089
Author(s):  
Petrea Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Constant Comparative Analysis

Women reach out to health care providers for a multitude of health problems in the aftermath of intimate partner violence, including suicidality; however, little is known about how they seek help. The purpose of this study was to explore how women seek help for suicidality after intimate partner violence using a feminist grounded theory and photovoice multiple qualitative research design. Interviews were conducted with 32 women from New Brunswick, Canada, and seven from this sample also participated in five photovoice meetings where they critically reflected on self-generated photos of their help-seeking experiences. Data were analyzed using the constant comparative analysis of grounded theory. Hunting to Feel Human involves fighting for a sense of belonging and personal value by perceiving validation from health care providers. Women battled System Entrapment, a feeling of being dehumanized, by Gauging for Validation and Taking the Path of Least Entrapment. Implications for health care providers include prioritizing validating interactions and adopting a relational approach to practice.

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