The Willingness to Seek Help
Its Role in Social Workers' Professional Commitment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11344261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ben-Zion Cohen (Western Michigan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 1999-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0191-5096 • E-ISSN: 0191-5096 |
| Publisher | WMU Department of Occupational Therapy (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15453/0191-5096.2567 |
| OpenAlex | W653746917 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 21 |
Providing help to persons in need is the central theme of the social work profession. The three elements essential to this process are the person offering the assistance, the assistance itself, and the person receiving it. The focus here is on the person offering the help and to what degree that person is willing to request help when he or she needs it. Social workers differ with regard to their willingness to seek help, and this study employs a variety of research tools to explore the relevance of these differences to their commitment to the profession and to their professional advancement. The research, carried out in Israel with a sample of 180 professional social workers, found greater willingness to seek help to be directly associated with greater professional commitment and indirectly associated with enhanced upward career mobility
Political science · Public relations · Relevance (law · Sample (material · Variety (cybernetics · Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
Testing the "side-bet theory" of organizational commitment
Help‐Seeking
Effects of helper's sex, subjects' androgyny, and self-evaluation on males' and females' willingness to seek and receive help
Effects of gender and gender role identification of participant and type of social support resource on support seeking
Measuring the Willingness to Seek Help
Direct and Buffering Effects of Internal Locus of Control Among Mental Health Professionals
The relationship between demographic factors and attitudes toward mental health services
Determinants of help seeking behaviour
Help seeking, self-esteem, and achievement motivation
Professional commitment among graduating BSW students in Israel
Organizational Patterns and Work Satisfaction in a Comprehensive Human Service Agency
Effects of felt adequacy and opportunity to reciprocate on help seeking
The Willingness to Seek Help
Are shy people reluctant to ask for help
Social-psychological factors affecting help-seeking for emotional problems
The Nature of Choice in Casework Process
The Pathways into Psychiatric Treatment
Social Class and the Use of Professional Help for Personal Problems
Sex, Marital Status, and Age as Social Selection Factors in Recent Psychiatric Treatment
Sex Differences in Psychiatric Help-Seeking
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2020 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |