Familial transmission of mental health help-seeking: Does it "run in the family"?

ABSTRACT: Familial transmission of mental illnesses and health behaviors is well established. However, little research has examined familial transmission of mental health help-seeking behaviors despite social science theoretical traditions that support its occurrence including social learning theory and the network episode model. Among parent-adolescent dyads, extant literature supports consideration of adolescent-autonomy versus parent-gatekeeping according to whether or not parents recognize a mental health problem in their adolescent. Given this, we examined familial transmission of self-reported mental health help-seeking among parent-adolescent dyads over an 18-month period from a school-based study (N = 422; Texas, USA). Generalized estimating equations tested the effect of multiple forms of p

SUBMITTER: DuPont-Reyes MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11301375 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature