title: [Therapy motivation of students: the desire for pedagogic-therapeutic help].
abstract: As part of an investigation of Austrian school counseling services 9-to-14-years-old students of 25 classes in primary and secondary schools answered a questionnaire regarding their classroom situation which included questions about the wish for pedagogical-therapeutic help by a counseling teacher. Through a pupil nomination inventory an independent evaluation of the student behavior was achieved. The results revealed that about a fourth of all pupils had the wish for a possibility to talk over their concerns and a sixth had the wish for support in their relationships with their fellow students. A detailed analysis of the characteristics of students with a wish for support revealed that loneliness and depression as well as victimization by other students were important motives for the wish for support. Aggressive behavior was not a reason for wishing support in the relationship with other students. Consequences for the organization of counseling services in schools are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für angewandte und klinische Psychologie, Institut für Psychologie der Universität Wien, Universitätsstr.7, A-1010 Wien.
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Klicpera
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Klicpera
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001317:Austria; D002648:Child; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D012572:School Health Services; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*