Research Article

The Moderating Role of Help Seeking Experience and Self-Construals on the Relationship Between Schema Coping Styles and Attitudes Towards Seeking Psychological Help

Volume: 15 Number: 78 September 20, 2025
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The Moderating Role of Help Seeking Experience and Self-Construals on the Relationship Between Schema Coping Styles and Attitudes Towards Seeking Psychological Help

Abstract

This study investigated the moderating role of help-seeking experiences and self-construals in the relationship between schema coping styles and attitudes toward seeking psychological help among university students. The study was conducted among 773 students enrolled in formal undergraduate programs at a public university in Turkey during the 2017-2018 academic year. The data were collected using the demographic information form, the Attitudes Towards Seeking Psychological Help Scale-R, the Autonomous-Relational Self Scale, and a Turkish-adapted Schema Coping Questionnaire. The data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics 24.0 and the PROCESS macro version 3.3 by Hayes. Descriptive statistics, Pearson product-moment correlation, and bootstrap methods for moderation analyzes were used. Results indicated that schema coping styles, self-construals, help-seeking experiences, and the perceived quality of these experiences significantly predicted attitudes toward seeking psychological help. In addition, autonomous and autonomous-relational self-construals, the presence of previous help-seeking experiences, and the perceived quality of these experiences were found to have varying moderating effects on the relationship between schema coping styles and attitudes towards psychological help-seeking.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Psychological Counseling and Guidance (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

September 20, 2025

Submission Date

October 1, 2024

Acceptance Date

December 26, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 15 Number: 78

APA
Bayoğlu, F., & Duy, B. (2025). The Moderating Role of Help Seeking Experience and Self-Construals on the Relationship Between Schema Coping Styles and Attitudes Towards Seeking Psychological Help. Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal, 15(78), 674-696. https://doi.org/10.17066/tpdrd.1558383
AMA
1.Bayoğlu F, Duy B. The Moderating Role of Help Seeking Experience and Self-Construals on the Relationship Between Schema Coping Styles and Attitudes Towards Seeking Psychological Help. Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal. 2025;15(78):674-696. doi:10.17066/tpdrd.1558383
Chicago
Bayoğlu, Ferhat, and Baki Duy. 2025. “The Moderating Role of Help Seeking Experience and Self-Construals on the Relationship Between Schema Coping Styles and Attitudes Towards Seeking Psychological Help”. Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal 15 (78): 674-96. https://doi.org/10.17066/tpdrd.1558383.
EndNote
Bayoğlu F, Duy B (September 1, 2025) The Moderating Role of Help Seeking Experience and Self-Construals on the Relationship Between Schema Coping Styles and Attitudes Towards Seeking Psychological Help. Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal 15 78 674–696.
IEEE
[1]F. Bayoğlu and B. Duy, “The Moderating Role of Help Seeking Experience and Self-Construals on the Relationship Between Schema Coping Styles and Attitudes Towards Seeking Psychological Help”, Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal, vol. 15, no. 78, pp. 674–696, Sept. 2025, doi: 10.17066/tpdrd.1558383.
ISNAD
Bayoğlu, Ferhat - Duy, Baki. “The Moderating Role of Help Seeking Experience and Self-Construals on the Relationship Between Schema Coping Styles and Attitudes Towards Seeking Psychological Help”. Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal 15/78 (September 1, 2025): 674-696. https://doi.org/10.17066/tpdrd.1558383.
JAMA
1.Bayoğlu F, Duy B. The Moderating Role of Help Seeking Experience and Self-Construals on the Relationship Between Schema Coping Styles and Attitudes Towards Seeking Psychological Help. Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal. 2025;15:674–696.
MLA
Bayoğlu, Ferhat, and Baki Duy. “The Moderating Role of Help Seeking Experience and Self-Construals on the Relationship Between Schema Coping Styles and Attitudes Towards Seeking Psychological Help”. Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal, vol. 15, no. 78, Sept. 2025, pp. 674-96, doi:10.17066/tpdrd.1558383.
Vancouver
1.Ferhat Bayoğlu, Baki Duy. The Moderating Role of Help Seeking Experience and Self-Construals on the Relationship Between Schema Coping Styles and Attitudes Towards Seeking Psychological Help. Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal. 2025 Sep. 1;15(78):674-96. doi:10.17066/tpdrd.1558383

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