Patterns of online seeking and providing help among adolescents: a preliminary study. Issue 1 (2nd January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lipshits-Braziler, Yuliya; Amram-Vaknin, Sima; Pesin-Michael, Gali; Tatar, Moshe
• Is Part Of: British journal of guidance & counselling. Volume 50:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 29
• Page End: 42
• Publication Date: 2022-01-02
• Subjects: Help-seeking -- help-providing -- cyberspace -- adolescence -- gender differences; Educational counseling -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Vocational guidance -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 371.4
• DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2020.1862757
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0306-9885

Abstract

ABSTRACT: 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.