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Help-Negation and Suicidal Ideation: The Role of Depression, Anxiety and Hopelessness

Wilson, Coralie J., Deane, Frank P.·2010·Journal of Youth and Adolescence
DOI 10.1007/s10964-009-9487-8
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Help-negation is expressed behaviorally by the refusal or avoidance of available help and cognitively by the inverse relationship between self-reported symptoms of psychological distress and help-seeking intentions. The current study examined the association between suicidal ideation and intentions to seek help from friends, family and professional mental health sources in a sample of 302 Australian university students. Participants were 77.5% female and aged from 18-25 years old, with 85.4% aged 21 years or younger. Higher levels of suicidal ideation were related to lower help-seeking intentions for family, friends, and professional mental health care, and higher intentions to seek help from no one. Moderation effects indicated that higher levels of depressive symptoms strengthen the help-negating effect of suicidal ideation for seeking help from friends, family and no one. The results indicate that, even at subclinical levels, suicidal ideation impedes the cognitive help-seeking process at the decision making stage. The results also highlight the importance of improving our understanding of why young people become reluctant to seek help as their levels of suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms increase. Raising awareness that the experience of suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms can promote intentions to avoid help might reduce the help-negation effect when symptoms are first recognized.

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Authors
Wilson, C. J., & Deane, F. P.
Affiliations
University of Wollongong (AU)
Corresponding author
Wilson, Coralie J.
ORCID
Deane, Frank P.
Venue
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2009-12-02
Volume
39
Issue
3
Pages
291-305
ISSN
  • 0047-2891 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-6601
DOI
10.1007/s10964-009-9487-8
OpenAlex
W1589345055
Cited by
163
References
76
Citations by year
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FWCI
6.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Youth and Adolescence (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Online (University of Wollongong) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
suicidal ideation, help-seeking intentions, depression, anxiety, hopelessness, university students, young adults, subclinical symptoms
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Anxiety Disorders, Attitude to Health, Depressive Disorder, Female, Helping Behavior, Humans, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Social Support, Treatment Refusal, Young Adult

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