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Seeking Help From the Internet During Adolescence
Abstract
Objective To assess the prevalence and demographic and psychological correlates of Internet use as a help-seeking resource for emotional problems in a community sample of adolescents.Method A self-report survey was completed by 9th-through 12th-grade students ( = 519) enrolled in health courses in six New York State high schools in the fall/winter of 1999. The relationship between Internet help-seeking behavior and demographic characteristics, hopelessness, functional impairment, and use of various treatment services was examined.Results Nearly one fifth (18.2%) of the adolescents sought help on the Internet for emotional problems in the previous year. The proportions of males and females seeking help on the Internet did not significantly differ (15.6% and 20.8%, respectively). Internet help-seekers were significantly more likely than non-help-seekers to score above the clinical threshold on the Columbia Impairment Scale (34% versus 20.6%; chi(2)(1) = 7.4, <.01) or Beck Depression Inventory (16.1% versus 9.1%; chi(2)(1) = 3.8, <.05). These at-risk youths tended to combine Internet help-seeking with other sources of help, rather than substituting it for other resources. More than 20% of Internet help-seekers were dissatisfied with the help they received, and only 14% thought it had helped them very much.Conclusions For the Internet to realize its potential as an effective resource for teenagers struggling with emotional problems, further development is needed.
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- Authors
- GOULD, M. S., MUNFAKH, J. L. H., LUBELL, K., KLEINMAN, M., & PARKER, S.
- Affiliations
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Corresponding author
- GOULD, MADELYN S.
- Venue
- Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2002-10
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1182-1189
- ISSN
- 0890-8567 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2074146972
- Cited by
- 250
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 13.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Keywords
- adolescents, emotional problems, depression, helplessness, functional disability, online mental health resources, help-seeking
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Health Services, New York, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Regression Analysis, Sex Factors, Multivariate Analysis, Internet
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