Differences between helpful and unhelpful support for Japanese non-help-seeking adolescents: A qualitative analysis
Differences between helpful and unhelpful support for Japanese non-help-seeking adolescents: A qualitative analysis
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对日本非寻求帮助青少年的帮助和无帮助支持之间的差异：定性分析
DOI：
10.1080/21683603.2020.1862725
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发表时间：
2021
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Emi Kiriko
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作者：
Amai Kyoko;Emi Kiriko
青少年因苦恼而不寻求帮助的现象已经被广泛认识，但除了与求助障碍有关的研究外，很少有研究关注非求助者。本研究旨在定性地确定一个非寻求帮助的青少年对周围其他人的各种支持行为的感知。个别访谈的参与者包括日本中学生（n= 12）和年轻人（n= 10）谁选择不谈论他们的内部问题，别人当他们是中学生。在主题分析中，采用混合方法对数据进行分析。13个主题的帮助行为，如“表达关心”和“显示考虑，以避免一个人的披露，”和12个主题的不愉快的行为，包括“强迫一个人的披露”和“无情的鼓励”，所有的主题被归类为直接/间接的工具性支持或直接/间接的情感支持。结果发现，非寻求帮助的青少年积极感知直接和间接的情感支持，而他们消极评价非必要的直接支持，无论是工具还是情感。这些发现对开发新的方法，除了鼓励寻求帮助的行为，支持非寻求帮助的人有启示。
The existence of young adolescents who do not seek help for their distress has been widely recognized, but few studies have focused on non-help-seekers, except for those related to help-seeking barriers. The current study sought to qualitatively determine a non-help-seeking adolescent’s perception toward a variety of supportive behaviors from others around them. The participants of individual interviews included Japanese secondary-school students (n= 12) and young adults (n= 10) who had chosen not to talk about their internal problems to others when they were secondary-school students. The data were analyzed by a hybrid approach in the thematic analysis. Thirteen themes for helpful behaviors such as “expression of caring” and “display consideration to avoid one’s disclosure,” and twelve themes for unpleasant behaviors including “force one’s disclosure” and “unsympathetic encouragement” were generated; all themes were categorized either to direct/indirect instrumental support or direct/indirect emotional support. The results found that non-help-seeking adolescents positively perceived direct and indirect emotional support, whereas they negatively evaluated non-required direct support regardless of whether it was instrumental or emotional. The findings have implications for the development of novel methods of supporting non-help-seekers besides encouraging help-seeking behaviors.