Thoughts of Self-Harm and Help-Seeking Behavior among Youth in the Community

Autor/inn/en	Goodwin, Renee D.; Mocarski, Michelle; Marusic, Andrej; Beautrais, Annette
Titel	Thoughts of Self-Harm and Help-Seeking Behavior among Youth in the Community
Quelle	In: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 43 (2013) 3, S.305-312 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-0234
DOI	10.1111/sltb.12017
Schlagwörter	Help Seeking; Self Destructive Behavior; Injuries; Correlation; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Health Behavior; Adolescents; Children; Friendship; Counseling Services; Behavior Patterns; Family Relationship; Parent Child Relationship; National Surveys; Questionnaires; Depression (Psychology); Regression (Statistics); United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Self destrucive behaviour; Selbstzerstörung; Korrelation; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Child; Kind; Kinder; Freundschaft; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Fragebogen; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; USA
Abstract	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 with and without thoughts of deliberate self-harm (DSH) when depressed. Depressed youth with thoughts of DSH exhibited different patterns of help-seeking than those without. Both groups most frequently sought help from friends and parents. However, adolescents with thoughts of DSH were statistically more likely than youth without to seek help from friends (DSH: 69.9%; no DSH: 57.8%; AOR = 1.46), but less likely to seek help from parents (DSH: 53.7%; no DSH: 73.1%; AOR = 0.47). Youth with DSH were more likely to seek help from school officials (AOR = 1.05), health professionals (AOR: 1.83), or a counselor (AOR = 1.93) compared with those without thoughts of DSH who were more likely to seek help from a sibling (AOR: 0.77) or other relatives (AOR: 0.78). Results may help inform programs to improve identification of youth at risk of self-harm in community and school settings. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10