Psychological correlates of help-seeking attitudes among children and adolescents.
A self-report measure of attitudes about seeking help from adults for psychosocial problems was administered to approximately 200 children and adolescents. More negative help-seeking attitudes were associated with male gender, adolescence, depressive symptomotology, and lower self-efficacy. Implications for effective delivery of mental health services to at-risk youth are discussed.
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Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego.
Zigler
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D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012649:Self Concept