TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Professional help-seeking for adolescent dating violence in the rural south: the role of social support and informal help-seeking
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Hedge, Jasmine M.
A1  - Sianko, Natallia
A1  - McDonell, James R.
SP  - 1442
EP  - 1461
VL  - 23
IS  - 12
N2  - Structural equation modeling with three waves of data was used to assess a mediation model investigating the relationship between perceived social support, informal help-seeking intentions, and professional help-seeking intentions in the context of adolescent dating violence. The sample included 589 adolescents from a rural, southern county who participated in a longitudinal study of teen dating violence victimization and perpetration. <br><br>RESULTS suggest that informal help-seeking intentions are an important link between perceived social support and professional help-seeking intentions. <br><br>FINDINGS highlight the importance of informal help-seeking and informal help-giving in fostering professional help-seeking for adolescent victims and perpetrators of dating violence.<br><br>© The Author(s) 2016.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801216662342
ID  - ref1
ER  -