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Relationships Among Personality, Expectations About Counseling, and Help‐Seeking Attitudes
Author(s) -
Kakhnovets Regina
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2011.tb00056.x
Subject(s) - openness to experience , extraversion and introversion , psychology , personality , neuroticism , social psychology , personality assessment inventory , big five personality traits , facet (psychology) , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , quantum mechanics , physics
This study investigated the relationships among personality variables, counseling expectations, and help‐seeking attitudes. Participants ( N = 411) completed the Revised NEO (Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to New Experiences) Personality Inventory (Costa & McCrae, 1992), the Expectations About Counseling Questionnaire‐Brief Form (Tinsley, 1982), and the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help scale (Fischer & Turner, 1970). Results indicate that personality factors are related to help‐seeking attitudes and these relationships are moderated by expectations about counseling.