Adolescent Help-Seeking Behaviors

By Kimberly A. Schonert-Reichl
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 10, Number 4, 2003, Pages 1,3-5, Item# A104-SCHONERT-REICHL

Abstract:

The teenage years can be particularly challenging due to the multitude of developmental and environmental changes that occur in tandem. It is a crucial time for mental health intervention because several behavioral and emotional difficulties increase from childhood to adolescence. The mental health of adolescents depends heavily on the ways they cope with the devleopmental changes they face during this transitional period. Seeking help and advice is one type of coping strategy that has been associated with better adjustment. This article discusses help-seeking in the context of adolescent coping behaviors and explores the questions of who youth turn to for help, and why some youth are unable to seek help.

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Help-Seeking

The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 10, Number 4, 2003

Approximately 20% of all youth have some emotional or behavioral disorder which is serious enough to warrant intervention, yet the majority do not access services. Besides mental health concerns, adolescents are also grappling with impending independence, romantic relationships, and school demands. An important component of the coping process is seeing help from others. This issue of The Prevention Researcher examines how and from whom adolescents seek help.

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