Offer D, Howard K I, Schonert K A, Ostrov E
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1991 Jul;30(4):623-30. doi: 10.1097/00004583-199107000-00015.
The focus of this investigation was to 1) identify those adolescents experiencing distress; 2) examine the formal and informal helping agents that adolescents seek out for help for emotional problems; and 3) describe adolescents' perceptions of the helpfulness of selected helping agents. Adolescents (N = 497) from three high schools in a large metropolitan area in the Midwest, representing a broad socioeconomic spectrum, were administered instruments related to self-image, delinquency, symptomatology, and help seeking. The prevalence rate of disturbance was 22.3%. Results show that disturbed adolescents sought help from alcohol/drug abuse centers, teenage drop-in centers, and mental health professionals more frequently than nondisturbed adolescents. In additional, both groups frequently sought help from parents and friends and perceived this help as beneficial. Implications of these findings for the development of adolescent mental health services are discussed.
1）识别那些经历困扰的青少年；2）研究青少年在遇到情感问题时寻求帮助的正式和非正式帮助者；3）描述青少年对所选帮助者帮助效果的看法。来自中西部一个大都市地区三所高中的青少年（N = 497），代表了广泛的社会经济范围，接受了与自我形象、犯罪、症状学和寻求帮助相关的测评。困扰的患病率为22.3%。结果表明，受困扰的青少年比未受困扰的青少年更频繁地向酒精/药物滥用中心、青少年临时接待中心和心理健康专业人员寻求帮助。此外，两组青少年都经常向父母和朋友寻求帮助，并认为这种帮助是有益的。文中讨论了这些发现对青少年心理健康服务发展的启示。
