Academic Help-Seeking Attitudes, and Their Relationship with Emotional Variables
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Current Study
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measures
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Overall Boys Sample (N = 107) | Girls (N = 125) | |||
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Variable | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | t (p) |
Perceived emotional cost of help seeking | 8.31 (3.98) | 7.11 (3.37) | 9.33 ** (4.17) | −4.40 (<0.01) |
Perceived benefits of help seeking | 16.45 (4.76) | 16.53 (4.84) | 16.39 (4.71) | 0.22 (0.94) |
Threat of academic help seeking | 9.82 (4.24) | 9.82 (4.03) | 9.82 (4.42) | 0.006 (0.40) |
Avoidance of help seeking | 12.33 (5.35) | 11.75 (4.69) | 12.81 ** (5.83) | −1.52 (<0.01) |
Variables | Cost | Benefits | Threat | Avoidance |
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Functional social support | −0.27 ** | 0.33 ** | −0.23 ** | −0.25 ** |
Satisfaction with life | −0.13 * | 0.23 ** | −0.09 | −0.14 * |
Happiness | −0.24 | 0.29 ** | −0.18 ** | −0.22 ** |
Academic self-concept | −0.01 | 0.32 ** | −0.25 ** | −0.25 ** |
Social self-concept | −0.28 ** | 0.29 ** | −0.14 * | −0.25 ** |
Emotional loneliness | −0.40 ** | −0.25 ** | 0.29 ** | 0.33 ** |
Social Network | 0.03 | −0.18 ** | −0.01 | 0.02 |
Dependent Variable | Best Model | R2a | β | t | p | Tolerance | VIF |
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Perceived emotional cost of help seeking | Emotional loneliness | 0.16 | 0.40 | 6.54 | <0.001 | 0.91 | 1.00 |
Perceived benefits of help seeking | Functional social support | 0.10 | 0.22 | 3.32 | <0.01 | ||
Academic self-concept | 0.16 | 0.20 | 3.20 | 0.002 | 0.89 | 1.12 | |
Social self-concept | 0.19 | 0.16 | 2.45 | 0.015 | |||
Subjective evaluation of the social network | 0.20 | −0.14 | −0.240 | 0.017 | |||
Threat of help seeking | Emotional loneliness | 0.08 | 0.26 | 4.19 | <0.001 | 0.99 | 1.01 |
Academic self-concept | 0.13 | −0.22 | −3.50 | 0.001 | |||
Avoidance of help-seeking | Emotional loneliness | 0.10 | 0.30 | 4.76 | <0.01 | 0.99 | 1.01 |
Academic self-concept | 0.14 | −0.22 | −3.45 | 0.001 |
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Dueñas, J.-M.; Camarero-Figuerola, M.; Castarlenas, E. Academic Help-Seeking Attitudes, and Their Relationship with Emotional Variables. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6120. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13116120
Dueñas J-M, Camarero-Figuerola M, Castarlenas E. Academic Help-Seeking Attitudes, and Their Relationship with Emotional Variables. Sustainability. 2021; 13(11):6120. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13116120
Chicago/Turabian StyleDueñas, Jorge-Manuel, Marta Camarero-Figuerola, and Elena Castarlenas. 2021. "Academic Help-Seeking Attitudes, and Their Relationship with Emotional Variables" Sustainability 13, no. 11: 6120. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13116120