Intent to Seek Counseling Among Filipinos

Examining Loss of Face and Gender

Bibliographic Data

ID8915276
AuthorsAntover P Tuliao (0000-0002-6906-8586, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA, corresponding author), Pocholo Andrew E Velasquez (Ateneo De Manila University, Quezon City, The Philippines), Aylin M Bello (Ateneo De Manila University, Quezon City, The Philippines), Maxine Joyce T Pinson (Ateneo De Manila University, Quezon City, The Philippines)
Year2016
Volume44
Issue3
Pages353-382
Publication date2016-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Counseling Psychologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-0000 • E-ISSN: 1552-3861
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0011000015627197
OpenAlexW2374463274
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited47

Cramer’s model of help-seeking behavior posited that self-concealment, social support, attitudes toward counseling, and problem severity are essential in understanding individuals’ intent to seek counseling. Path analysis results from 359 Filipino university students indicated that the original Cramer’s model did not achieve the requisites of good model fit and that social support was not associated with problem severity. After adding loss of face to Cramer’s model, we found positive associations with self-concealment and intent to seek counseling and a negative association with attitudes toward counseling. Multiple group analysis of the expanded Cramer’s model indicated that, apart from social support and problem severity intercept differences, path coefficients, intercepts, and residual variances were invariant across gender. The previously nonsignificant social support to problem severity path is now significant. The addition of loss of face and accounting for gender differences in social support and problem severity improved the model fit of Cramer’s model

Association (psychology · Career Counseling · Counseling psychology · Face (sociological concept · Path analysis (statistics · Psychotherapist · Social support · Sociology · Statistics · Applied Psychology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Social Psychology

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