Measuring help-seeking behaviors: Factor structure,reliability, and validity among youth with disabilities |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Centre for Mental Health Research, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia;2. Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia;1. Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong;2. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Bahonar Blvd, Qazvin 3419759811, Iran;3. Health and Rehabilitation Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand;4. Waitemata Pain Service, Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, North Shore Hospital, New Zealand;5. Department of Nursing, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Existing measures of help-seeking focus on assessing attitudes and beliefs, rather than specific behaviors, toward help-seeking. This study described the development of a self-report measure of informal help-seeking behaviors (HSB). Participants were 228 high school students (148 males, 80 females) with disabilities from four states. Factor analyses revealed three underlying factors, each addressing a different source of help: parent, peer, and teacher. The HSB had good internal reliability and moderate validity. Results from regression analyses suggested that help-seeking behaviors toward parents and teachers contributed uniquely to students' self-ratings of school bonding, life satisfaction, and career outcome expectations. Help-seeking behaviors toward peers was a negative predictor of career outcome expectations. The value of the HSB as a research instrument was discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Help-seeking Disabilities School bonding Life satisfaction Outcome expectations |
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