An Exploration of Help-Seeking Behaviors in Female Hispanic Adolescents

Lynn Rew; Michael D. Resnick; Robert W. Blum

doi:10.1097/00003727-199710000-00003

An Exploration of Help-Seeking Behaviors in Female Hispanic Adolescents

Lynn Rew, Michael D. Resnick, Robert W. Blum

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Abstract

This study of 693 female adolescents, aged 12 to 20 years, describes the formal and informal help-seeking behaviors of Hispanic subjects, examines demographic and psychosocial correlates of those behaviors, and identifies differences in help-seeking behaviors between female Hispanic and adolescents of four other ethnic groups. The majority of subjects reported seeking help more frequently from informal rather than formal resources and there were significant relationships between psychosocial factors and informal help-seeking. There were significant differences by ethnicity in seeking help from peers and in the number of problems for which subjects would go to peers first for help.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-15
Number of pages	15
Journal	Family and Community Health
Volume	20
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00003727-199710000-00003
State	Published - Oct 1997
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Access to care
Adolescent health
Help-seeking behavior
Hispanic adolescents

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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