Gender Role Conflict, Self-Concealment, and Help-Seeking Attitudes among Male College Students

• Main Authors: Guo, Jhe-Hong, 郭哲宏
• Other Authors: 鄔佩麗
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/bps728

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 教育心理與輔導學系 === 106 === This study investigated the relationships among male college students’ gender role conflict (GRC), self-concealment (SC), and help-seeking attitudes (HSA) toward counseling, and determined whether SC was a mediator between GRC and HSA. Male students enrolled in universities and vocational colleges were recruited through purposive sampling. A total of 720 questionnaires were distributed and 714 were returned. After the questionnaires with obvious response sets and incomplete answers were eliminated, 672 valid questionnaires remained. The Gender Role Conflict Scale revised by Huang (2010), the Self-Concealment Scale translated by Chiu (1999), and the Inventory of Attitudes Toward Seeking Mental Health Services translated and revised by Wu (2010) were adopted as the research instruments. Descriptive statistics, one-way analysis of variance, independent samples t tests, Pearson’s product-moment correlation, regression analysis, and path analysis were performed to obtain the following results: (a) Of all the respondents, 10.1% had received psychological therapy or counseling. (b) The respondents’ GRC differed by sexual orientation, but did not differ by their grades, college, or whether they had previous help-seeking experiences. Their SC differed by having or not having past help-seeking experiences, but did not differ by their grades, college, or sexual orientation. Similarly, their HSA differed by having or not having past help-seeking experiences, but did not differ by their grades, college, or sexual orientation. (c) The respondents’ GRC had a significant moderate positive correlation with SC, their GRC had a significant moderate negative correlation with HSA, and their SC had a significant moderate negative correlation with HSA. (d) GRC significantly and negatively predicted HSA, GRC significantly and positively predicted SC, SC significantly and negatively predicted HSA, and SC partially mediated the relationship between GRC and HSA. This study investigated the relationships among male college students’ GRC, SC, and HSA to examine why such students are less likely to seek professional psychological help. The results serve as a reference for future research and counseling practices with male clients.