Parental Authoritativeness, Social Support and Help-seeking for Mental Health Problems in Adolescents
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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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The finding that females perceived more overall barriers may be related to higher rates of females seeking help for mental health problems compared to males.
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- Authors
- Maiuolo, M., Deane, F. P., & Ciarrochi, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Wollongong (AU)
- Australian Catholic University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Deane, Frank P.
- Venue
- Journal of Youth and Adolescence
- Published
- 2019-02-19
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1056-1067
- ISSN
- 0047-2891 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-6601
- OpenAlex
- W2916253041
- Cited by
- 66
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2026: 13 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 7.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- figshare.com
- Locations
- Journal of Youth and Adolescence (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Bank (Australian Catholic University) (submittedVersion)
- Research Online (University of Wollongong) (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Australian Research Council (DP110100989, DP140103874, DE140100080)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
- Keywords
- parental support, help-seeking, help-seeking intentions, adolescent mental health, help-seeking barriers, positive parenting, adolescent psychological distress, gender differences, school students
- MeSH terms
- Help-Seeking Behavior, Adolescent, Authoritarianism, Mental Disorders, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Health Services, Parent-Child Relations, Parents, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Social Support, Parenting, Intention
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