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19-02-2019 | Empirical Research

Parental Authoritativeness, Social Support and Help-seeking for Mental Health Problems in Adolescents

Auteurs: Michelle Maiuolo, Frank P. Deane, Joseph Ciarrochi

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 6/2019

Abstract

Adolescents experience high rates of mental health problems but are reluctant to seek professional help. Parents play an integral role in the help seeking process for their adolescent children. Parental authoritativeness and support have been identified as contributing to better mental health outcomes and a reduction in help seeking barriers in their children. The current study examined the influence of parental authoritativeness and support on help seeking intentions and behaviors in 1582 students (49% female) in 17 schools (mean age = 17.7, range 16–18). All data was available for 1032 participants across two time points collected one year apart. Concurrent indices of positive parenting were associated with greater help seeking intentions from professional sources, even when gender and psychological distress were controlled. Parental authoritativeness and parental support did not predict actual help seeking assessed one year later. The study highlights the potential role of parents in influencing help seeking and suggests further research is needed on other parent variables and the social antecedents to help-seeking.

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Titel: Parental Authoritativeness, Social Support and Help-seeking for Mental Health Problems in Adolescents
Auteurs: Michelle Maiuolo
Frank P. Deane
Joseph Ciarrochi
Publicatiedatum: 19-02-2019
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 6/2019
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-019-00994-4

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