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Depressive symptoms and help-seeking intentions in young people

Wilson, Coralie Joy, Rickwood, Debra, Deane, Frank Patrick·2007·Clinical Psychologist

Abstract

Whether the help-negation effect as demonstrated for suicidal thoughts was also evident for depressive symptoms was investigated in three studies of young people from diverse urban areas. The studies involved a large sample of younger high school students (years 7 – 10), a sample of older high school students (years 8 – 12), and first year university students. A self-report questionnaire that measured help-seeking intentions, prior help-seeking experiences, and depression was administered. It was found that the strongest inverse association between level of depressive symptoms was with intentions to seek help from parents across all three samples. There was a consistent trend for students to report being more likely to seek help from no one as depressive symptoms increased. Evidence of the help-negation effect being present for depressive symptoms is discussed in terms of ways to encourage appropriate and effective help-seeking in young people.

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Authors
Wilson, C. J., Rickwood, D., & Deane, F. P.
Affiliations
  • University of Wollongong (AU)
  • University of Canberra (AU)
Venue
Clinical Psychologist
Published
2007-11-01
Volume
11
Issue
3
Pages
98-107
ISSN
  • 1328-4207 (ISSN-L)
  • 1742-9552
OpenAlex
W1484613642
Cited by
103
References
30
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.59
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Clinical Psychologist (publishedVersion)
  • Research Online (University of Wollongong) (submittedVersion)
  • University of Canberra Research Portal (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
depressive symptoms, help-seeking intentions, youth, adolescents, university students, parental help-seeking, help-seeking experiences, depression

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