Strategies to foster professional help-seeking in adolescents and young adults
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- General public youth sample whose attitudes towards and potential intentions of help-seeking for one out of five mental health problems (generalized anxiety disorder, depression, bulimia, alcohol abuse, non-suicidal self-injurious behavior) are measured
- Registration Number
- DRKS00023110
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Forschungsstelle für Psychotherapie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1394
Inclusion Criteria
Youth (14 to 29 years) with internet access
Exclusion Criteria
no informed consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method intended professional help-seeking, measured with a 12-item version of the General Help-Seeking Questionnaire (GHSQ). The respective maximum value in three items comprising formal support services (psychotherapists, psychiatrists, counselling services) serves as primary outcome.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method GHSQ: General Help-Seeking Questionnaire (items not measuring primary outcome)<br><br>IASMHS: Inventory of Attitudes toward Seeking Mental Health Services<br><br>BDH: Barrieren des Hilfesuchverhaltens [eng: barriers of help-seeking behavior]<br><br>USS: Universal Stigma Scale <br><br>HAPA-Items: self-constructed questionnaire with 14 items, based on previous questionnaires measuring Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) constructs (risk perception, task self-efficacy, and outcome expectancies)