TY - JOUR
T1 - Patterns of online seeking and providing help among adolescents
T2 - a preliminary study
AU - Lipshits-Braziler, Yuliya
AU - Amram-Vaknin, Sima
AU - Pesin-Michael, Gali
AU - Tatar, Moshe
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - We proposed a typology of adolescents’ online support-related behaviours based on two facets: help-seeking and help-providing: (1) Transceivers seek and provide help; (2) Receivers seek help but do not provide it; (3) Transmitters provide help, yet do not seek it; and (4) Idlers refrain from seeking and providing help. Of the 528 adolescents, the largest group are Transceivers (45%), and they seek help mainly from peers through social networking sites, around social issues. For Receivers (5%) the most important facilitator of seeking help is anonymity. Transmitters (16%) refrain from seeking help due to self-reliance. Idlers (34%) refrain from seeking help due to their preference to face-to-face encounters. The characteristics of the four patterns are discussed in light of counselling implications.
AB - We proposed a typology of adolescents’ online support-related behaviours based on two facets: help-seeking and help-providing: (1) Transceivers seek and provide help; (2) Receivers seek help but do not provide it; (3) Transmitters provide help, yet do not seek it; and (4) Idlers refrain from seeking and providing help. Of the 528 adolescents, the largest group are Transceivers (45%), and they seek help mainly from peers through social networking sites, around social issues. For Receivers (5%) the most important facilitator of seeking help is anonymity. Transmitters (16%) refrain from seeking help due to self-reliance. Idlers (34%) refrain from seeking help due to their preference to face-to-face encounters. The characteristics of the four patterns are discussed in light of counselling implications.
KW - Help-seeking
KW - adolescence
KW - cyberspace
KW - gender differences
KW - help-providing
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U2 - 10.1080/03069885.2020.1862757
DO - 10.1080/03069885.2020.1862757
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AN - SCOPUS:85098672292
SN - 0306-9885
VL - 50
SP - 29
EP - 42
JO - British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
JF - British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
IS - 1
ER -