Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of social skills and social competence on help-seeking intentions among elementary school children. Three hundred-thirty elementary school children (178 boys and 152 girls) were asked about help-seeking intentions, social supports, severity of concerns, depression, social skills, and social self-efficacy. Analysis of covariance structures indicated that the intention to seek help from teachers was related to social self-efficacy. However, the degree of effect social self-efficacy on the intention to seek help from friends was minimum. Although the relationship between help-seeking intentions and social supports, severity of concerns, and depression was significant and consistent with results of previous studies, the values of path coefficients from severity of concerns and depression to help-seeking intentions was very small.
