Examined relationship between admission of a drinking problem and intentions to seek treatment for problem drinking among college students (n=422). Found that students' (n=143) admission of alcoholism was significantly related to their intention to change alcohol-related behavior. (Author/NB)

Reports on survey on mental health status and help-seeking behavior of adolescents of lower SES, ethnic minority backgrounds. Found mental health status was similar to that of nonminorities. Respondents reported low service utilization. Primary providers were school-based sources and medical personnel. Cognitive-affective factors are potential…

Duke University asked applicants to indicate where they received assistance on their essays, and many of the replies were quite revealing. Some admissions experts fear the university is inviting students to be dishonest by asking them about the help they received. (EV)

This article is based on a study of young people's help-seeking. Fifty-five qualitative interviews with young people aged 13-14 are analysed to take account of stage process models. It is argued that while the models do have relevance to young people's help-seeking, they have two key limitations. First, they ignore problem legitimization. Second,…

Children who are bullied are often told to "solve the problems themselves"; however, when bullying is repeated over time, it becomes increasingly difficult for victimized children to stop the torment because of their relative lack of power. We examine the ways in which children respond to bullying and their evaluations of the…

Gatekeeper-training programs, designed to increase identification and referral of suicidal individuals, are widespread but largely untested. A group-based randomized trial with 32 schools examined impact of Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) training on a stratified random sample of 249 staff with 1-year average follow-up. To test QPR impact, the…

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate disclosure rates and disclosure patterns and to examine predictors of non-disclosure in a sample of male and female adolescents with self-reported experiences of sexual abuse. Method: A sample of 4,339 high school seniors (2,324 girls, 2,015 boys) was examined with a questionnaire concerning…

The field of education is experiencing a rapid shift as internet-enabled distance learning becomes more widespread. Often, traditional classroom teaching pedagogical techniques can be ill-suited to the online environment. While a traditional entry-level class might see a student attrition rate of 5-10%, the same teaching pedagogy in an online…

Multicultural, family process and structure, and gender concepts are used to provide a framework for understanding supports for and barriers to mental health experienced by abused fundamentalist Protestant Christian (FPC) women. For FPC women who are victims of domestic violence, these factors may intersect to prohibit or facilitate healthy life…

Asked 40 older adults about God's role in health and illness and about praying in response to physical symptoms. Least-educated respondents and Baptists were most likely to pray about symptoms. Symptoms discussed with physician or for which drugs were taken were more likely to be prayed over, suggesting that prayer and medical help-seeking are not…

Examines linguistic features of help-seeking messages constructed to overcome obstacles to the achievement of interpersonal objectives associated with: (1) the type of request (borrowing or favors); and (2) relational intimacy. (SR)

Examined degree to which 80 elderly widows and 80 elderly nonwidows were integrated in their community, daily hassles and stress they may have experienced, and their social networks and support-seeking behavior. Widowhood in and of itself did not appear to be predictor of community integration or experience of stress and hassles. Age and education…

Examined intentions of parents (n=187) of adolescents to seek help from nine sources for eight hypothetical parenting problems. Intention to seek help was function of problem type and help source. Parents declared intention to seek help from many sources; being most likely to seek help from spouses regardless of issue and from professional sources…

A total of 596 Asian American college students responded to a survey investigating the relationship between acculturation and help-seeking. Results indicated that students who were less identified with the majority culture indicated higher likelihood of seeking help from community elders, religious leaders, student organizations, and church…

Examined perceptions of high school students that inhibit them from seeking counselor assistance. Findings from 235 high school seniors revealed that "I do not like to tell a stranger about personal things" received the highest percentage (29.4 percent) of responses, followed by "Afraid counselor will pass information about me to other people,"…