@article{ref1,
title="College students' intentions to seek help for suicidal ideation: accounting for the help-negation effect",
journal="Suicide and life-threatening behavior",
year="2010",
author="Yakunina, Elena S. and Rogers, James R. and Waehler, Charles A. and Werth, James L.",
volume="40",
number="5",
pages="438-450",
abstract="Prior research has identified a negative association between suicidal ideation and help-seeking, a phenomenon called &quot;help-negation.&quot; Help-negation has been documented to occur for both professional and nonprofessional sources of help. In this study help-seeking attitudes, stigma concerns, and perceptions of social support were examined as possible mediators of help-negation. Data were collected from a nonclinical sample of college undergraduates at a midwestern university (N = 321). Findings provided partial support for the mediation hypotheses. Help-seeking attitudes and stigma were significant predictors of help-seeking intentions (β = .34 and β = -.17, p < .05, respectively), but did not mediate helpnegation for professional sources. Perceptions of social support, on the other hand, fully mediated help-negation for nonprofessional sources (β = .27, p < .05).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0363-0234",
doi="10.1521/suli.2010.40.5.438",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/suli.2010.40.5.438"
}