The personal service gap: Factors affecting adolescents' willingness to seek help

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 483-499

  Raviv, Amiram ^a   Raviv, Alona ^a   Vago Gefen, Idit ^a   Fink, Abby Schachter ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescent help seeking behavior; Adolescents' attitudes toward seeking help; Barriers to help seeking among adolescents; Gender differences in adolescent help seeking behavior; Informal and formal help sources; Self coping

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH BELIEF; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; PEER COUNSELING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 67349213902     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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