Self-compassion and communication skills in predicting psychological help-seeking attitudes of psychological counsellor candidates
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Individuals have different attitudes for overcoming psychological problems. There are several factors influencing the psychological help-seeking behaviour of pre-service psychological counselors, helped by psychological counsellors. The objective of this research is to examine the predictive role of self-compassion and communication skills in psychological helpseeking attitudes. Data were collected from 261 fourth-grade students (183 female and 78 male) from the guidance and psychological counselling undergraduate department. The data on the dependent variables were obtained using the Attitudes toward Seeking Psychological Help Scale. The data on the independent variables were obtained using the SelfCompassion Scale and Communication Skills Scale. Also, gender variable was used as the dummy variable. Pearson Moments Multiplying Correlation Coefficient and the Standard Multiple Regression Analysis were used for analysis of data. According to the research findings, it was found that the gender, communication skills basic principles and common humanity significantly predicted psychological help-seeking attitudes positively.
Keywords: Psychological help-seeking, self-compassion, communication skills, psychological counsellor candidates.
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