Adolescents who Need Help the Most are Less Likely to Seek it: the Relationship Between low Emotional Competence and low Intention to Seek Help

The present study sought to extend previous findings that university students with low emotional competence had the lowest intention of seeking help. It focuses on adolescents, examines a larger number of emotional competencies, & explores the possibility that social support explains the relationship between emotional competence & help-seeking. Although low emotional competence was found to reflect low intention to seek help from non-professional sources, this was not true for professional sources. Implications are discussed. (47 refs)