dc.contributor.author	Al-Rowaie, Odah O.	en
dc.contributor.committeecochair	Madison-Colmore, Octavia D.	en
dc.contributor.committeecochair	Cross, Lawrence H.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Hohenshil, Thomas H.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Skovholt, Thomas M.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Roberto, Karen A.	en
dc.contributor.department	Counseling and Counselor Education	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-14T20:20:54Z	en
dc.date.adate	2001-12-21	en
dc.date.available	2014-03-14T20:20:54Z	en
dc.date.issued	2001-12-06	en
dc.date.rdate	2004-12-21	en
dc.date.sdate	2001-12-19	en
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of this study was: (1) to investigate Kuwait University (KU) students' attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help; and (2) to investigate if family, friends, and societal support played a role in the student's decision to seek professional psychological help as measured by the Family, Friends, and Societal Support Scale (FFSS), which was developed by the author. Other assessment tools used in the study included: (1) Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale (ATSPPHS) as developed by Fischer and Turner (1970); (2) Orientation Toward Utilization of Social Resources (OTUSR) as developed by Vaux, Burda, and Stewart (1986); (3) a modified Life Stress Events Scale (LSE) based on 18 items selected from the 43 items Social Readjustment Scale published by Holmes and Rahe (1967); and (4) Demographic Data Sheet (DDS). A total of 529 participants completed all five assessment tools. The results indicated that KU students have less favorable attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help than groups studied by other researchers. The results also supported previous research, which found females, in general, to have more favorable attitudes toward seeking professional help than males. Individuals who received previous counseling were more likely to have favorable attitudes toward seeking professional help than those who did not receive such help. Students who majored or minored in psychology had more favorable attitudes toward counseling than those who were not psychology majors or minors. The newly developed scale, FFSS, was an effective predictor of KU students' attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help and explained more variance in ATSPPHS scores than any other predictors used in the study.	en
dc.description.degree	Ph. D.	en
dc.identifier.other	etd-12192001-172305	en
dc.identifier.sourceurl	http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12192001-172305/	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30166	en
dc.publisher	Virginia Tech	en
dc.relation.haspart	OdahPHD_CH3.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	OdahPHD_CH4.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	OdahPhD_Ch1.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	OdahPHD_Ch5.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	OdahPHD_APPENDICIES.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	OdahPHD_Ch2.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	OdahPHD_REF.pdf	en
dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject	Psychotherapy	en
dc.subject	Counseling Psychology	en
dc.subject	Mental Health Services	en
dc.subject	Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Help	en
dc.subject	Kuwait University Students	en
dc.subject	Social Support	en
dc.subject	Family and Societal Support for Seeking Help	en
dc.subject	Life Stress Events	en
dc.subject	Counselor Education	en
dc.title	Predictors of Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Among Kuwait University Students	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
thesis.degree.discipline	Counseling and Counselor Education	en
thesis.degree.grantor	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	en
thesis.degree.level	doctoral	en
thesis.degree.name	Ph. D.	en

Predictors of Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Among Kuwait University Students

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