Citation

Cigularov K, Chen PY, Thurber BW, Stallones L. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2008; 38(1): 74-86.

Affiliation

Colorado State University, Department of Psychology, Fort Collins 80523-1876, USA. (kcigular@lamar.colostate.edu)

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1521/suli.2008.38.1.74

PMID

18355110

Abstract

Perceived barriers to help-seeking among adolescents attending a suicide education program were examined. A total of 854 high school students in Colorado completed one of two questionnaires, measuring barriers to help-seeking for self or friend. The most prominent barriers for self were: inability to discuss problems with adults, self-overconfidence, fear of hospitalization, and lack of closeness to school adults. The most prominent barriers for troubled friends were: friendship concerns, unapproachability of school adults, fear of friend's hospitalization, and underestimating friend's problems. Results reveal multiple constraints limiting the program's utilization, supporting the need for comprehensive system approaches to suicide prevention.

Language: en