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Goodwin, Renee D.; Mocarski, Michelle; Marusic, Andrej; Beautrais, Annette – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2013
The association between thoughts of self-harm and help-seeking among youth with symptoms of depression was examined. Data were drawn from the Health Behavior of School-aged Children Study ("n" = 15, 686), a nationally representative sample of youth in the United States. Analyses focused on comparing help-seeking behaviors among youth…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Self Destructive Behavior, Injuries, Correlation
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Kuhl, Josephine; Jarkon-Horlick, Liat; Morissey, Richard F. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1997
A questionnaire developed to measure barriers to help-seeking behavior in adolescents was tested with 280 high school students following a pilot study. The instrument, Barriers to Adolescents Seeking Help, was found to have good test-retest reliability and adequate validity. Its use in identifying adolescents amenable to or resistant to therapy is…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Help Seeking, High School Students