Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-94). Also available in print.

Zhu, Yuhong. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 129-142). / Abstracts in English and Chinese; appendix 2-3 in Chinese. / ABSTRACT --- p.i / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES --- p.vi / Chapter CHAPTER ONE: --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Physical child abuse outside China --- p.2 / The situation in mainland China --- p.4 / Definition of terms --- p.10 / Statement of purpose --- p.11 / Research questions --- p.13 / Chapter CHAPTER TWO: --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.14 / Physical child abuse and help-seeking in the West --- p.14 / Physical child abuse and help-seeking in China --- p.26 / Limitations of existing literature --- p.32 / Summary --- p.33 / Chapter CHAPTER THREE: --- CONCEPTUAL FRAMWORK --- p.34 / Conceptual framework of this study --- p.34 / Summary --- p.40 / Chapter CHAPTER FOUR: --- METHODOLOGY --- p.41 / The choice of qualitative research --- p.41 / Data collection --- p.43 / Data analysis --- p.46 / Credibility --- p.47 / Ethical concerns --- p.49 / Chapter CHAPTER FIVE: --- PROFILES OF PARTICIPANTS --- p.51 / Chapter CHAPTER SIX: --- THE NINE STORIES --- p.57 / Jia Jia --- p.57 / Xiao Wen --- p.60 / A' Jian --- p.63 / Qin Qin --- p.67 / Le Le --- p.70 / Xiao Jie --- p.73 / Xiao Ming --- p.77 / Xiao Lei --- p.80 / Liang Liang --- p.84 / Chapter CHAPTER SEVEN: --- FIVE THEMES OF PERCEPTIONS --- p.88 / Common themes of perceptions of parental physical abuse --- p.88 / Summary --- p.100 / Chapter CHAPTER EIGHT: --- IMPEDIENTS TO HELP-SEEKING --- p.102 / Reasons for not seeking help --- p.103 / Summary --- p.110 / Chapter CHAPTER NINE: --- DISCUSSION --- p.112 / Parental physical abuse as ´بloving punishment' --- p.112 / Salient barriers to seeking help --- p.115 / Possible strengths and contributions --- p.120 / Limitations of this study --- p.122 / Implications of findings --- p.123 / REFERENCES --- p.129 / APPENDIX --- p.143 / Appendix 1: Interview Guidelines (English Version) --- p.143 / Appendix 2: Interview Guidelines (Chinese Version) --- p.144 / Appendix 3: Letter to school (Chinese Version) --- p.145

published_or_final_version / Gerontology / Master / Master of Social Sciences

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which women seeking services of a shelter for battered women in the Southwestern United States were similar to the existing picture of battered women. Supplemental questions were asked concerning the effects of substance abuse, marital status, and child abuse. Information was gathered from records of a sample of 100 women who sought shelter between September 1984 and August 1987. Results were compared with previous studies by Gayford (1975), Giles-Sims (1983), and Walker. Results suggested women in this study were similar to battered women who had been studied previously. No significant relationship was found between the use of drugs and/or alcohol and the type of abuse a woman experienced, between marital status and employment status, nor between the occurrence of child abuse and a woman's willingness to involve the police. Implications and recommendations for future research were presented.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-105).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rhode Island, 2005. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-99).

Men’s underutilization of mental health services continues to be one of the most consistent findings in the help-seeking literature. Many scholars suggest that the culture of therapy may be at odds with masculine socialization and men who might be most in need of help are not seeking or receiving it. Interestingly, this aversion to seeking help is not reflected in the recent growth in the practice of executive coaching. However, no studies have investigated coaching as an alternative treatment option. The purpose of this study was to explore men’s attitudes and preferences about seeking professional help based on practitioner title (psychologist or executive coach), examine the stigma of seeking professional help based on intervention (therapy or executive coaching), and provide additional data on barriers to seeking help. It was hypothesized that men’s conformity to masculine norms would be related to attitudes, stigma, and preferences for seeking help in several important ways. First, most men would have more positive attitudes toward seeking help from executive coaching than therapy. Second, differences in attitudes would be most pronounced for more “traditional” men. Third, executive coaching was expected to be less stigmatizing than therapy. Finally, although men might view a psychologist as more expert and trustworthy, coaching would be a more attractive treatment option. Two-hundred-nine working adult men in the U.S. participated in the online study. After filling out demographic information and assessing their conformity to masculine norms and help-seeking attitudes, participants chose one of three audio vignettes depicting a man getting professional help for a work concern. Afterwards, their attitudes toward seeking help, evaluations of the session, and ratings of stigma for the vignette character were collected. Participants also listed reasons for and against seeking professional help. Results indicate that men in the study had similar help-seeking attitudes for therapy and executive coaching; however, conformity to masculine norms predicted stigma for seeking help, and therapy was viewed as the more stigmatizing intervention. Several interesting themes around reasons for and against seeking help for both modalities also emerged. Implications of the study, as well as limitations and directions for future research, are discussed. / text

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In the literature on adults, there is an abundance of studies in which there are clear gender differences in the overt expression of vulnerability. Significantly more females than males have been found to express vulnerability. Similar findings have been reported in the adolescence literature, indicating that these gender differences begin much earlier than adulthood. However, the age at which these gender differences occur is not known because few studies have investigated these behaviors in early or middle childhood. The primary focus of this study was to determine if there are gender differences in young children's help-seeking behavior and at what age these differences emerge. The type of help children sought and the orientation of their statements were also examined. Sixty-four preschoolers and kindergarteners from lower and upper-middle socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds were engaged by 1 male or 1 female researcher on 4 non-sex-typed tasks. Key variables that were examined were the number of requests for help, latency to request help, types of request, and types of orientation. The results of this study revealed that, between 3 and 6 years of age, girls sought help more often and more rapidly than boys. Children from lower SES backgrounds sought significantly more help than children from upper-middle SES backgrounds. Similarly, preschoolers sought help more often and more rapidly than kindergarteners. Females made significantly more direct requests whereas males made significantly more references of having difficulty with the tasks. Furthermore, preschoolers made significantly more statements that were oriented to the experimenter and task. Lastly, the results revealed clear gender differences that emerge as early as 3 years of age. These findings are important because help-seeking behavior is related to achievement (Lee, 1997; Ryan, Patrick, & Shim, 2005). Therefore, training boys who are avoidant help-seekers to seek appropriate help as well as training psychologists, teachers, and parents to identify those who are avoidant help seekers may help children increase their academic performance and experience success in school.