@article{ref1,
title="Personal and perceived public mental-health stigma as predictors of help-seeking intentions in adolescents",
journal="Journal of Adolescence",
year="2018",
author="Nearchou, Finiki A. and Bird, Niamh and Costello, Audrey and Duggan, Sophie and Gilroy, Jessica and Long, Roisin and McHugh, Laura and Hennessy, Eilis",
volume="66",
number="",
pages="83-90",
abstract="This study aimed to determine predictors of help-seeking intentions for symptoms of depression/anxiety and self-harm in adolescents. It focused on personal and perceived public stigma to gather data of value for the design of anti-stigma interventions. Participants (n = 722; 368 girls) were recruited from three cohorts of secondary school students in Ireland (mean ages: 1st = 12.9 years; 3rd = 14.9 years; 5th = 16.6 years). Hierarchical regression models indicated that perceived public stigma is a significant unique predictor of help-seeking intentions for depression [F(4, 717) = 13.4, p < .001] and self-harm [F(4, 717) = 13.5, p < .001]. This indicates that young people's beliefs about other people's stigma towards mental health problems was a stronger predictor of help-seeking intentions than their own stigma beliefs. These findings highlight the importance of looking separately at different types of stigma when investigating the role of stigma in predicting help-seeking intentions.<br><br>Copyright © 2018 The Foundation for Professionals in Services for Adolescents. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0140-1971",
doi="10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.05.003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.05.003"
}