Abstract
This study aimed to identify the extent of Al-Quds University students' willingness to seek psychological and social assistance from professional specialists and tried to answer the following question: To what extent Al-Quds University students are ready to request psychological and social assistance and its relationship with the following variables: gender, school year, place of residence, religiosity, family economic status, and academic major? The researchers used the descriptive approach, and the questionnaire study tool of Haj Hamad in order to collect data from the field, achieve the goal of the study, and answer its questions. The total sample size was 951 students (male and female). The results of the study revealed that there were significant differences in the demographic variables. In particular, it was found that females were more inclined to seek psychological and social assistance than males did, and that fourth-year students were more willing to seek help than other academic years. Also, the findings showed that there were no difference in the students’ responses according to the place of residence (cities, villages, camps), as the answers of the questions were close. Additionally, the results indicated that the very religious people were more likely to seek help from the conservatives, followed by the religious. Moreover, those with a higher economic status were more inclined to seek help than their counterparts of medium or low economic families. Furthermore, the findings revealed that there were no differences in the students’ answer between the humanities and scientific disciplines.
Highlights
It is taken for granted that university life signifies a new and completely different life experience young adults usually pass through
Do the attitudes of Al-Quds University students about seeking psychological counseling differ following the variables of gender, level of year of study, type of place of residence, commitment to religion duties, standard of living of the family, and area of study?
There are significant differences at 0.05 ≥ᶐ in terms of attitudes of Al-Quds University students about seeking counseling that can be attributed to the variables of gender, which is for the benefit of female students
Summary
It is taken for granted that university life signifies a new and completely different life experience young adults usually pass through. It is an experience that is obsessed with much pressure and lots of conflicts and concerns, whether they be academic, social, psychological, or, sometimes, emotional. This is due to the fact that a young adult who has just finished high school education will move from a familiar social and educational environment he/she has been raised in and adjusted to since childhood into one that is completely different and, requires different adaptation strategies to qualify the students to coexist with and/or counter the extraordinary challenges being posed by university-life specifics. Many students are reluctant to seek this kind of psychological and social help from the others, which might be due to certain personal, psychological, and social pressing factors [13]
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