ArticleJournal of youth and adolescence2012
Associations between suicidal high school students' help-seeking and their attitudes and perceptions of social environment.
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Effectiveness Trial of Suicide Prevention Delivered by Teen Peer Leaders
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40 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 139 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Positive-Themed Suicide Prevention Messages Delivered by Adolescent Peer Leaders: Proximal Impact on Classmates' Coping Attitudes and Perceptions of Adult Support.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2015Trial
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- Youth Experiences and Needs of a School-Based Mental Health Training: Implications for School Mental Health Services.The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses · 2026Article
- Dynamic Longitudinal Associations Between Adolescent Help-Seeking Attitudes and Suicide Attempts.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2026Article
- Impact of the Sources of Strength Peer Leader Program on Suicide Attempt Rates in 40 High Schools: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.School mental health · 2026Article
- Characterizing Silence: Adolescents' Nondisclosure of Their Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors to Their Family and Peers.JAACAP open · 2025Article
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- Characteristics of Disclosure of Suicidal and Nonsuicidal Behaviors in a Clinical Sample of Adolescents.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2025Article
- Developmental Assets and Their Relationship to Suicidal Behavior in Mexican Young Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Youth Perspectives on Barriers and Opportunities for the Development of a Peer Support Model to Promote Mental Health and Prevent Suicide.Western journal of nursing research · 2023Article
- The role of perceived social norms in non-suicidal self-injury and suicidality: A systematic scoping review.PloS one · 2023Article
- The link between school climate and mental health among an ethnically diverse sample of middle school youth.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- Suicide Postvention in Schools: What Evidence Supports Our Current National Recommendations?School social work journal · 2022Article
- Trajectory Analysis of Suicidal Ideation in Spanish College Students Using Ecological Momentary Assessment.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
Suicide is a leading cause of death among adolescents, many of whom fail to disclose suicide concerns to adults who might help. This study examined patterns and predictors of help-seeking behavior among adolescents who seriously considered suicide in the past year. 2,737 students (50.9 % female, 46.9 % male; racial distribution 79.5 % Caucasian, 11.9 % Hispanic/Latino, and 3.6 % Black/African-American) from 12 high schools in rural/underserviced communities were surveyed to assess serious suicide ideation (SI) in the past year, disclosure of SI to adults and peers, attempts to get help, attitudes about help-seeking, perceptions of school engagement, and coping support. Help-seeking was defined as both disclosing SI to an adult and perceiving oneself as seeking help. The relationship between adolescents' help-seeking disclosure and (1) help-seeking attitudes and (2) perceptions of social resources was examined among suicidal help-seeking youth, suicidal non-help-seeking youth, and non-suicidal youth. Of the 381 (14 %) students reporting SI, only 23 % told an adult, 29 % sought adult help, and 15 % did both. Suicidal help-seekers were similar to non-suicidal peers on all measures of help-seeking attitudes and social environment perceptions. Positive attitudes about help-seeking from adults at school, perceptions that adults would respond to suicide concerns, willingness to overcome peer secrecy requests, and greater coping support and engagement with the school were associated with students' increased disclosure of SI and help-seeking. This study supports prevention strategies that change student norms, attitudes and social environments to promote help-seeking among adolescents with SI. Promising intervention targets include increasing students' perceptions of the availability and capability of adults to help them, and strengthening students' understanding of how existing resources can help them cope.
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