This study was designed to explore the relationship between attitudes toward
help seeking, the ethnicity of the psychological help provider, and the level of
cultural mistrust toward Jews. A sample of 102 Israeli Arab undergraduate students
from Haifa, Israel, participated in this study. It was hypothesized that attitudes
toward help seeking, as measured by Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional
Psychological Help-Short Form (ATSPPH-S) and the Beliefs About Psychological
Services (BAPS), will be related to the ethnicity of the psychological help provider
and to the level of cultural mistrust toward Jews. A 2 x 2 between subjects
multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was employed. No significant
relationship was found between attitudes toward help seeking, the ethnicity of the
psychological help provider, and the level of cultural mistrust toward Jews.
However, ANOVAs revealed that Freshmen had more favorable attitudes toward
seeking professional psychological help as measured by ATSPPH-S than fourth and
fifth year students and that sophomores had more favorable attitudes toward
seeking psychological help as measured by BAPS than fourth and fifth year students.
The results of the logistic regression indicated that Muslim and Christian
participants are three times more likely to choose an Arab help provider than Druze
participants. Further, the probability of choosing an Arab psychological help
provider increased significantly as the participant’s level of cultural mistrust, in the
domains of Politics and Law and Interpersonal Relations increased. On the other
hand, the probability of choosing an Arab psychological help provider decreased
significantly when participants had previous psychological help, and when their
level of cultural mistrust increased in the domain of Business and Work. Results
indicated strong significant correlations between attitudes toward help seeking and
variables such as father’s highest level of education, previous psychological help,
age, and year in school. Significant correlations between beliefs about psychological
help and year in school and gender were found. The level of cultural mistrust
correlated significantly with religion, ethnicity of psychological help provider, previous psychological help, age, and gender. Limitations and implications for future
research and practice are presented. / Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:123456789/197780 |
| Date | 14 December 2013 |
| Creators | Daoud, Jamalat |
| Contributors | Alexander, Charlene M. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
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