Examination of associations between informal help-seeking behavior, social support, and adolescent psychosocial outcomes: A meta-analysis

Heerde, Jessica A.; Hemphill, Sheryl A.

doi:10.1016/j.dr.2017.10.001

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“…First, it is hypothesized that male perpetrators of TDV in high school would have consistently lower protective factor scores across middle and high school compared to male nonperpetrators (Hypothesis 1a), and, similarly, that female perpetrators would have lower protective factor scores compared to female nonperpetrators (Hypothesis 1b). Second, given the documented gender differences for the protective factors (empathy, Van der Graaff et al, ; social support, Heerde & Hemphill, ; parental monitoring, Lavoie et al, ; and school belonging, Benner, Boyle, & Bakhtiari, ), we also expected that gender differences would likely emerge between male and female perpetrators across the TDV subtypes, though this examination is exploratory (Hypothesis 2).…”

Section: Tdv Protective Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Teen Dating Violence Perpetration: Protective Factor Trajectories from Middle to High School among Adolescents

Espelage

Leemis²,

Niolon³

et al. 2019

J of Research on Adolesc

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Protecting adolescents from the risk of teen dating violence (TDV) perpetration is critical to enhancing prevention efforts. This study examined longitudinal trajectories of four protective factors (i.e., empathy, social support, parental monitoring, and school belonging) across adolescence in relation to four TDV types (i.e., verbal, relational, physical, and sexual). Adolescents (n = 1,668) who reported being in a relationship or dating during high school completed self‐report measures from middle through high school. Results indicated that all protective factors differentiated between TDV perpetrators and nonperpetrators, although these trajectories varied for boys and for girls and across the different types of TDV. Overall, youth who did not perpetrate TDV in high school generally displayed higher protective factors across the TDV perpetration types.

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Section: Tdv Protective Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Teen Dating Violence Perpetration: Protective Factor Trajectories from Middle to High School among Adolescents

Espelage

Leemis²,

Niolon³

et al. 2019

J of Research on Adolesc

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“…At the same time, adolescents are less likely to seek help for their concerns compared to adults [6] and compared to adolescents who do not experience these concerns [7]. Help-seeking behavior is considered important as it may reduce the persistence and severity of the issues for which help is sought [8][9][10][11][12]. To illustrate, a significantly lower prevalence of behavioral disorders was found for children and adolescents who consulted with their mother or friends about their issues [8].…”

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confidence: 99%

Adolescents’ Views on Seeking Help for Emotional and Behavioral Problems: A Focus Group Study

Toren

Grieken

Lugtenberg

et al. 2019

IJERPH

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This study aimed to get insight into adolescents’ views on help-seeking for emotional and behavioral problems. Fourteen focus groups were conducted. Two vignettes, depicting one healthy adolescent with few issues and one adolescent with severe psychosocial problems, were used to structure the focus groups. The focus groups were framed within a youth help-seeking model. Adolescents (mean age of 15.0 years) generally reported seeking help from friends or the internet for mild issues and from a person they trust like a parent or school mentor, for more severe problems. Adolescents correctly recognized the issues in vignette one as surmountable and the problems in vignette two as severe. A bond of trust with a help source was regarded as the main facilitator for the decision to seek help. Adolescents reported a preference for help sources who clearly displayed their expertise for the issue at hand and for informal help-sources, particularly friends.

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“…In fact, most studies have revealed that help-seeking and school mental health are uncorrelated in contrast to some researchers insist that students who seek help become mentally healthier (e.g. Heerde & Hemphill, 2018;Kato, 2015;Rickwood, 1995). Therefore, the current efforts to build an environment that promotes help-seeking, in which students can seek consultation, may not effectively enhance non-helpseeking students' mental health.…”

Section: Reconsidering Support For Non-help-seekersmentioning

confidence: 97%

Variables affecting the school adaptation of secondary-school students who do not seek help: attachment, coping style, positivity, and prospects

Amai

2020

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

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School refusal is a severe social issue in many countries. For helping students who experience stress, multiple social supports including school counsellors and teachers have been provided. However, these supports may not be useful for 'non-help-seekers'those who do not seek help even when they have serious problems. Given the scarce research on nonhelp-seekers' cognition, it is essential to identify internal factors that affect non-help-seekers' adaptation in school. The current study examined the associations between non-help-seekers' school adaptation and attachment, stress-coping style, and three psychological variables: trust, positivity, and prospects. Two cross-sectional studies (N = 960, 49.5% boys; N = 658, 51.8% boys, respectively) revealed the importance of attachment, a possibility of interventions to psychological factors, and the limited effect of stress coping strategies when a student's problem is severe. Several interventions including retrieval-induced forgetting and modelling were suggested as support for non-help-seekers before their problems become dire.

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Examination of associations between informal help-seeking behavior, social support, and adolescent psychosocial outcomes: A meta-analysis

Cited by 138 publications

References 129 publications

Teen Dating Violence Perpetration: Protective Factor Trajectories from Middle to High School among Adolescents

Teen Dating Violence Perpetration: Protective Factor Trajectories from Middle to High School among Adolescents

Adolescents’ Views on Seeking Help for Emotional and Behavioral Problems: A Focus Group Study

Variables affecting the school adaptation of secondary-school students who do not seek help: attachment, coping style, positivity, and prospects

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