Attitudes towards seeking psychological help among a sample of Turkish university students: the roles of rumination and internal working models

Abstract

The current study investigates how attitudes towards seeking psychological help relate to internal working models of attachment (self-model and other-model) and ruminative tendencies. The study includes 589 Turkish university students (278 females, 308 males and 3 unknown) by implementing a convenient sampling procedure. The average age of the participants was 22.4 years (SD 02.2). Participants were administered the Attitudes toward Seeking Psychological HelpShort, the Relationship Questionnaire and the Rumination Scale. The results of the study indicate that the other-model and rumination have a relationship to women's help-seeking attitudes whereas the self-model has a relationship to men's help-seeking attitudes. The results are discussed in light of the related literature.

Attachment Orientations: Predicting Psychological Distress in German and Turkish Samples

“…In contrast, individuals with an anxious‐type orientation perceive life adversities as irreversible and uncontrollable and have difficulty calming their concerns about relationship conflicts when the actual threat has ended (Mikulincer & Florian, 1998); these individuals experience higher levels of psychological distress (Conradi & de Jonge, 2009; Currier, Holland, & Allen, 2012). However, the causal link between insecure attachments and psychological distress is subject to many other factors (see Mikulincer & Shaver, 2007), with one of the more important factors being the cultural context (Cooley & Garcia, 2012; Keller, 2013; Rogoff, 2003; Rothbaum & Morelli, 2005; Simpson & Belsky, 2008; Turan & Erdur‐Baker, 2014).…”

“…In summary, in light of recent developments, we examined attachment theory within Turkish and German cultural contexts and whether culture moderated the relationship of attachment avoidance and anxiety with psychological distress. We predicted that secure attachment would be associated with similar benefits across cultures, but we anticipated differing pathways from insecure attachment orientations to psychological health (Cooley & Garcia, 2012; Keller, 2013; Rogoff, 2003; Rothbaum & Morelli, 2005; Simpson & Belsky, 2008; Turan & Erdur‐Baker, 2014). Three main hypotheses were examined: (a) High levels of attachment avoidance and anxiety will predict higher psychological distress; (b) German participants will report higher levels of attachment avoidance compared with Turkish participants, who will report higher levels of attachment anxiety; and (c) culture will moderate the relationship between attachment avoidance and anxiety with psychological distress.…”

The Role of Self-Construal and Perceived Social Support in Prediction of Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help

“…Örneğin; cinsiyet (Soorkia, Snelgar ve Swami, 2011;Şahin ve Yüksel Uyar, 2011), damgalama (Reynders, Kerkhof, Molenberghs ve Audenhove, 2014), psikolojik yardım almış aile üyesine sahip olma ve eğitim düzeyi (Rougier, 2011), daha önce psikolojik yardım almış olma (Erkan, Özbay, Cihangir Çankaya ve Terzi, 2012a;Türküm, 2005), cinsiyet rolleri (Kalkan ve Odacı, 2005;Özbay, Terzi, Erkan ve Cihangir Çankaya, 2011;Türküm, 2005), yardım arama niyeti (Roldan-Bau, 2013), dışadönüklük, uyumluluk ve yaşantılara açık olma (Atik ve Yalçın, 2011), utanç (Quach ve Hall, 2013), kendini saklama (Özbay vd., 2011), benlik kurguları ve sosyal destek (Koydemir Özden, 2010), özel bir kişiden alınan sosyal destek, aile ile yaşanan sorunlar, cinsel sorunlar ve akademik sorunlar (Erkan vd., 2012a), kişisel gelişim yönelimi ve farkındalık (Oluyinka, 2011), bağlanma stilleri ve ruminasyon (Turan ve Erdur Baker, 2014) ile ilişkili bulunmuştur. Bu çalışmalarda genel olarak; kız öğrencilerin erkek öğrencilere göre psikolojik yardım almaya ilişkin daha olumlu bir tutuma sahip oldukları, ayrıca daha önce psikolojik yardım almış olmanın veya ailesinde psikolojik destek almış olan birisinin var olmasının da psikolojik yardım arama davranışını olumlu yönde etkilediği saptanmıştır.…”

An empirical exploration of materialism, social media, and self-stigma.

“…Additionally, MVO and increased social media usage may elicit rumination about adolescents’ social media presence due to the concerns and motivation to acquire external validation (Hynes et al, 2020). In turn, increased rumination about social media may make salient potential threats to youths’ self-image, highlighting the stigmatizing nature of seeking psychological help (Turan & Erdur-Baker, 2014).…”