ERIC ED272794: Help Giver Preference Patterns in pdf

ERIC ED272794: Help Giver Preference Patterns in

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The continuing growth in the number of foreign students attending colleges in the United States calls for increased understanding of international students’ adjustment conflicts and help-seeking behavior. A study was conducted to investigate contrasted preferences for 14 help-giver resources of 95 Asian students with preferences of 49 American students for both emotional and vocational problems, using nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis and Friedman techniques. Asian subjects were from Hong Kong, the Republic of China, and Thailand. All subjects completed a demographic data sheet and ranked, in order of preference, a list of 14 potential help-sources they would consult for assistance if faced with a personal-emotional or educational-vocational problems. Friends, parents, and relatives were consistently preferred help sources for personal-emotional problems irrespective of the students’ sex or country of origin. Although no differences reached significance, some hints in preference patterns seemed to emerge. (Author/NB

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 1986-08
• Year: 1986
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Career Counseling, College Faculty, College Students, Educational Counseling, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Problems, Family Role, Foreign Students, Friendship, Higher Education, Student Adjustment

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