Relationship between gender role conflict and attitude towards seeking professional psychological help

• Authors: Nirooj Loganathan , Fatt Mee Foo

Abstracts

EN

This study examined the relationship between gender role conflict and attitude towards psychological help-seeking. This study involved 120 university students from a university. Gender Role Conflict Scale was used to measure gender role conflict and Attitude towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale-Short Form was used to measure attitude towards psychological help-seeking. The results found there is a significant negative relationship between gender role conflict and attitude towards seeking psychological help. The results suggest that it is essential for mental health professionals to recognise the impact of gender roles on the counselling process.

Keywords

EN

gender role conflict; attitude towards psychological help-seeking; gender difference; ethnic difference

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 50
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 352-356

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Nirooj Loganathan

author

Fatt Mee Foo

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

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