Barriers to Seeking School Counselling: Malaysian Chinese School Students’ Perspectives

School counselling services have always been unpopular among Malaysian students. Many researchers have studied what prevents students from seeking mental health services. However, there is a lack of study on the barriers to seeking help in the context of Malaysian school counselling services. Using...

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Published in:Australian journal of guidance and counselling 2017-12, Vol.27 (2), p.222-238
Main Authors: Chen, Kai Shen, Kok, Jin Kuan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Barriers
Counseling Services
Educational Change
Foreign Countries
Foreign Students
Help Seeking
High School Students
Mental Health
Psychiatric-mental health nursing
Qualitative Research
School Counseling
Secondary Education
Secondary School Students
Secondary School Teachers
Secondary schools
Self Concept
Student Attitudes
Students
Suicides & suicide attempts
Teenagers
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Summary:School counselling services have always been unpopular among Malaysian students. Many researchers have studied what prevents students from seeking mental health services. However, there is a lack of study on the barriers to seeking help in the context of Malaysian school counselling services. Using a sample of Chinese high school students (N = 277), this qualitative study explored the under-utilisation of school counselling services. A thematic analysis was used to analyse an open-ended question, and the findings uncovered contextualised issues such as: conceptualisation of problems and the shameful, fearful, concerned, and responsible self that contributes to the under-utilisation of school counselling services.
ISSN:2055-6365
1037-2911
2055-6373
DOI:10.1017/jgc.2015.21