Adolescent Boys' Intentions of Seeking Help from Male Friends and Female Friends

Autor/inn/en	Sears, Heather A.; Graham, Joanna; Campbell, Anna
Titel	Adolescent Boys' Intentions of Seeking Help from Male Friends and Female Friends
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 30 (2009) 6, S.738-748 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0193-3973
DOI	10.1016/j.appdev.2009.02.004
Schlagwörter	Individual Characteristics; Personality Traits; Males; Adolescents; Intention; Help Seeking; Friendship; Predictor Variables; Gender Differences; High School Students; Rural Areas; Surveys; Social Attitudes; Self Control + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Individual characteristics; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Freundschaft; Prädiktor; Geschlechterkonflikt; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Selbstbeherrschung
Abstract	This study examined adolescent boys' intentions of seeking help from male friends and female friends. We evaluated mean differences in boys' help-seeking intentions; assessed whether boys' individual characteristics predicted their intentions; and examined perceived support from male friends and female friends as mediators of these relationships. Participants were 171 boys (Grades 9-12) who were living in rural communities. Youths completed an anonymous survey at school. Results showed that boys had higher intentions of seeking help from female friends than male friends. Boys who reported a more adaptable temperament and less conformity to the masculine norm emotional control indicated higher intentions of seeking help from male friends and female friends. Boys' perceptions of support mediated the relationships between adaptable temperament and emotional control and intentions of accessing male friends and female friends. The implications of these patterns for future research and for programs that promote adaptive coping by youths are discussed. (Contains 2 figures and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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