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Academic Help-seeking Behavior

Academic Help-Seeking Behavior is a psychological construct denoting the intentional act by which a student identifies an academic need and actively pursues assistance from appropriate sources to resolve gaps in understanding, complete academic tasks, or improve performance, distinguished from general help-seeking by its specific orientation toward scholarly contexts and learning objectives.

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11.9K

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442

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195

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2017–2026

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189

Emotional openness as a predictor of college students' attitudes toward seeking psychological help.

Noboru Komiya, Glenn E. Good, Nancy B. Sherrod · Journal of Counseling Psychology · 2000 · 765 citations

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Why do some students avoid asking for help? An examination of the interplay among students' academic efficacy, teachers' social–emotional role, and the classroom goal structure.

Allison M. Ryan, Margaret Gheen, Carol Midgley · Journal of Educational Psychology · 1998 · 499 citations

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Perceived Achievement Goal Structure and College Student Help Seeking.

Stuart A. Karabenick · Journal of Educational Psychology · 2004 · 455 citations

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Relationship of academic help seeking to the use of learning strategies and other instrumental achievement behavior in college students.

Stuart A. Karabenick, John R. Knapp · Journal of Educational Psychology · 1991 · 420 citations

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Seeking help in large college classes: A person-centered approach

Stuart A. Karabenick · Contemporary Educational Psychology · 2003 · 384 citations

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Authors

442

  1. SA
    Stuart A. Karabenick

    University of Michigan, United States

    9 publications · 1.6K citations

    9

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  2. AM
    Allison M. Ryan

    University of Michigan, United States

    7 publications · 1.5K citations

    7

    h-index

  3. SN
    Sharon Nelson‐Le Gall

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    6 publications · 255 citations

    6

    h-index

  4. JR
    John R. Knapp

    Eastern Michigan University, United States

    5 publications · 711 citations

    5

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  5. SS
    Sungok Serena Shim

    Ball State University, United States

    4 publications · 460 citations

    4

    h-index

1–5 of 442

Institutions

195

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    514 citations

  3. Eastern Michigan University

    Ypsilanti, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

    Taipei, Taiwan

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    753 citations

  5. Ball State University

    Muncie, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    338 citations

  6. James Cook University

    Townsville, Australia

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    265 citations

  7. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    4 h-index

    15 publications

    644 citations

  8. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    Trondheim, Norway

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    635 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Educational Psychology

    18 publications · 2.9K citations

    17

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  2. Journal of college student development

    JCSD · 8 publications · 474 citations

    8

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  3. Journal of Counseling Psychology

    6 publications · 918 citations

    6

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  4. The Internet and Higher Education

    4 publications · 356 citations

    4

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  5. Contemporary Educational Psychology

    CEP · 4 publications · 583 citations

    4

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