A Study of Adult Attitudes toward Online and Face-to-Face Counseling according to Self-Concealment, Multidimensional Perceived Social Support and Certain Demographic Variables during Covid 19 Pandemic

With the COVID-19 pandemic, people have become inclined to seek online counseling help in addition face-to-face counseling. For individuals who need mental health services, social-physical isolation and quarantine decisions rendered a necessity rather than an option. In this process, needing services may avoid seeking due their self-concealment tendencies or inadequate self-perceived social support. The present research explores whether are predicted by level, multidimensional perceived support, age, gender, previous experience with face-to-face/online study group comprises 508 adults aged 18 above living Turkey. data were collected of "Online Face-to-Face Counseling Attitudes Scale", “Self-Concealment Scale”, “Multidimensional Scale Perceived Social Support”, “Personal Information Form”. Data analysis was based on Pearson’s Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient Multiple Regression Analysis. results demonstrate that attitudes toward self-concealment, findings also show