This study identified factors that increased or inhibited juvenile training schools inmates’ help-seeking intentions. A total of 318 inmates of juvenile reformatories answered a questionnaire that measured attachment, social support, subjective needs, the anticipated benefits of help, and intentions to seek help from family members, friends, juvenile training instructors and volunteer probation officers. The results of structural equation modeling revealed that anticipated benefits were the strongest predictors of help-seeking intentions and partially mediated the influence of attachment and social support on help-seeking intentions. Moreover, while attachment anxiety and subjective needs were positively related to help-seeking intentions, attachment avoidance was negatively related to help-seeking intentions. Finally, the importance of seeking help from professional helpers was discussed.
