Between a rock and a hard place? Locus of control, religious problem-solving and psychological help-seeking

Andrews, Shiquina L.; Stefurak, Tres; Mehta, Sheila

doi:10.1080/13674676.2010.533369

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“…Barwick et al () found a positive relationship in the area of psychological help‐seeking. Andrews et al () found that external locus of control was negatively related, but only for a subgroup of their sample. Oluyinka () and O'Carroll et al, () found negative relationships in the areas of psychological and physiological help‐seeking.…”

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Variables Related to Academic Help‐Seeking Behaviour in Higher Education – Findings from a Multidisciplinary Perspective

Bornschlegl

Meldrum

Caltabiano

2020

Review of Education

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Universities admit increasingly diverse student cohorts with varying academic entry standards. To address students' varying academic prerequisites, academic support servicessuch as literacy and numeracy supportare offered to ensure student success. However, students often do not engage. Aimed at mapping variables related to a student's decision to seek academic help in order to identify gaps, this systematic scoping review informs future research and supports the provision of academic support services for diverse student cohorts. As recent research does not provide sufficient evidence, the areas of psychological, physiological and help-seeking in career counselling were included. Informed by the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), database and reference list searches were conducted for age, gender, nationality and cultural background, acculturation, stigma, socioeconomic status, educational background, help-seeking experience, perceived behavioural control, attitudes, locus of control, personality and subjective norms, and 168 primary research studies were included in the review. Studies were selected based on their publication year, and the context and the variables examined. Information from the studies was systematically entered into a database and organised. Findings show that gender, stigma, help-seeking experience, attitudes and subjective norms are crucial for help-seeking in general. More specifically, gender, age, cultural background and personality seem to be related to academic help-seeking and should therefore be considered when evaluating or designing academic support services. Although other variables were examined in some studies, no trends could be identified for these due to ambivalent results, indicating that the variables related to academic help-seeking may depend on the context. This review also revealed that there are gaps that should be addressed in future research concerning academic help-seeking behaviour, while at the same time, if possible, including all variables identified in this review.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 89%

Variables Related to Academic Help‐Seeking Behaviour in Higher Education – Findings from a Multidisciplinary Perspective

Bornschlegl

Meldrum

Caltabiano

2020

Review of Education

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“…In general, African Americans prefer religious support as a coping strategy for mental health issues (Lindsey, Joe, & Nebbitt, ; Matthews et al, ; Ward & Besson, ; Ward & Heidrich, ). Often, religious and spiritual resources are preferred because they are less stigmatized in African American communities (Andrews, Stefurak, & Mehta, ). One of the most significant spiritual resources within African American communities is the Black Church (Lincoln & Mamiya, ).…”

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African American College Students, the Black Church, and Counseling

Harris

Wong

2018

J of College Counseling

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African American undergraduate students face numerous challenges during college; however, they are less likely to seek help from college counseling services. Often, African Americans seek support from spiritual resources. In the current phenomenological study, participants shared in a focus group interview. Overall, participants seemed to value the Black Church as an integral part of their lives and as an influence on their perceptions of counseling and proclivity to seek counseling services.

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“…Furthermore, the main self-agency factor behind this lack of practices is the attitude of putting something or someone else over themselves in taking responsibility in managing themselves, which resemblances the notion of external health locus of control [21], [34]. Several participants have relied on husband, wife or other important person in taking care of themselves, or even to rely on their doctors without even considered to ask what has happened to their own body.…”

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“…Evidences reveal the determining factor of self-efficacy [20] and locus of control [21] as underlying factors that might effect someone in maintaining their daily activity; supporting the decision making and how they behave to particular events in their lives. Furthermore, religion/spirituality [22]- [24] as well as healthcare access, and social support [25]- [27] have served as external resources for the people in maintaining their long term condition.…”

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Javanese Muslim with Diabetes in Yogyakarta Managing The Daily Self-Care Activity

Harbiyan¹

2015

IJPHS

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Self-care, capability in performing certain activity in maintaining well-being in daily life, was regarded important especially among people with long-term condition such as diabetes. Locus of control and self-efficacy are among the self-agency factors that might influence how people engage with daily selfcare activity in diabetes management. While, Javanese and Islamic values and norms are other parts of structure that support the effort. This study aimed to seek further into the experiences and perceptions among the Javanese Muslim on how they managed to do self-care in diabetes management. The study was done utilizing a mixed method approach with the usage of the Summary of Diabetes Self-care Activity (SDSCA) questionnaire to measure the level of self-care and followed by further interview to dig deeper into the perception and experiences and what are the opportunity or obstacle in performing daily self-care. A convenient sample of 100 participants has filled the questionnaires, with further 24 interviews. The study identified the moderate self-care practices as a separate notion, instead of an integrated and comprehensive concept amid the unavailability of a structured education program. Five themes were generated from the interviews, those are: education and knowledge, being in or out of control, Javanese way -sensitivity and surrender, peace of mind and role of Allah or God, and poor access to health care.

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Between a rock and a hard place? Locus of control, religious problem-solving and psychological help-seeking

Cited by 13 publications

References 65 publications

Variables Related to Academic Help‐Seeking Behaviour in Higher Education – Findings from a Multidisciplinary Perspective

Variables Related to Academic Help‐Seeking Behaviour in Higher Education – Findings from a Multidisciplinary Perspective

African American College Students, the Black Church, and Counseling

Javanese Muslim with Diabetes in Yogyakarta Managing The Daily Self-Care Activity

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