%0 Journal Article
%T Impact of attitudes and suicidal ideation on adolescents' intentions to seek professional psychological help
%J Journal of Adolescence
%D 2000
%A Carlton, P. A.
%A Deane, Frank P.
%V 23
%N 1
%P 35-45
%X Few adolescents who experience significant psychological distress seek professional psychological help, a finding particularly pertinent in New Zealand which has one of the highest youth suicide rates in the world. In the present study, 221 New Zealand high school students completed a questionnaire which examined the relationship between a variety of approach and avoidance factors associated with professional psychological help-seeking. Suicidal ideation, attitudes, psychological distress, treatment fears, gender and prior help-seeking were significant predictors accounting for approximately 23% of students', self-rated help-seeking intentions. Contrary to expectations, higher levels of suicidal ideation led to lower levels of help-seeking intentions for suicidal thoughts. This findings is discussed in relation to the process of help-negation which has been identified in clinical suicidal samples. The implications of these findings for interventions that increase appropriate professional psychological help-seeking in adolescents are also discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0140-1971
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jado.1999.0299