Iizuka Emi
Juntendo Iji Zasshi. 2023 Nov 29;69(6):485-491. doi: 10.14789/jmj.JMJ22-0046-OA. eCollection 2023.
Previous studies have demonstrated that adolescents do not tend to actively engage in help-seeking behaviors. Therefore, it is imperative to create an environment where adolescents can seek assistance on their own. However, no concrete method to create such environments has been established.
We studied adolescents' help-seeking behaviors by administering a questionnaire that collected information on who offer help ("helpers"), how help is offered ("methods of help"), and where these interactions occur ("places of help").
We asked college students to recall their thoughts related to seeking help when they were 10-15 years old.
Our results indicated that adolescents require trustworthy helpers who respect and understand them, face-to-face interactions, peer helpers of a similar age, mental health dialog, and safe and secure location outside of school for seeking help.
This study suggested a method to provide assistance in the field of child mental health, which is crucial for the development of the adolescents' ability to seek help and resolve mental health problems on their own.
以往研究表明,青少年往往不会积极主动地寻求帮助。因此,营造一个让青少年能够自行寻求帮助的环境势在必行。然而,尚未建立起创建此类环境的具体方法。
我们通过发放一份问卷来研究青少年的求助行为,该问卷收集了有关谁提供帮助(“帮助者”)、如何提供帮助(“帮助方式”)以及这些互动发生在哪里(“求助地点”)的信息。
我们让大学生回忆他们在10至15岁时与寻求帮助相关的想法。
我们的结果表明,青少年需要值得信赖、尊重和理解他们的帮助者、面对面的互动、年龄相仿的同伴帮助者、心理健康对话,以及校外安全可靠的地点来寻求帮助。
本研究提出了一种在儿童心理健康领域提供帮助的方法,这对于青少年自行寻求帮助和解决心理健康问题的能力发展至关重要。