title: Professional Help-Seeking for Adolescent Dating Violence in the Rural South: The Role of Social Support and Informal Help-Seeking.
abstract: Structural equation modeling with three waves of data was used to assess a mediation model investigating the relationship between perceived social support, informal help-seeking intentions, and professional help-seeking intentions in the context of adolescent dating violence. The sample included 589 adolescents from a rural, southern county who participated in a longitudinal study of teen dating violence victimization and perpetration. Results suggest that informal help-seeking intentions are an important link between perceived social support and professional help-seeking intentions. Findings highlight the importance of informal help-seeking and informal help-giving in fostering professional help-seeking for adolescent victims and perpetrators of dating violence.
authors: 1 Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.
authors: Jasmine M
authors: JM
authors: Hedge
authors: 1 Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.
authors: Natallia
authors: N
authors: Sianko
authors: 1 Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.
authors: James R
authors: JR
authors: McDonell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005260:Female; D000066505:Help-Seeking Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: adolescent dating violence; help-seeking; mediation; social support; structural equation modeling