Measuring the willingness to seek help

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-82

  Cohen, Ben Zion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clienthood; Help seeking; Help seeking behavior; Helping; Helping relationship; Willingness to seek help

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033482118     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: 15407314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J079v26n01_04     Document Type: Article

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