Help-seeking Intentions of Elementary School Students: Relationships with Satisfaction with School Life, Experience of Concerns and Depression

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of satisfaction with school life, experience of concerns and depression on help-seeking intensions among elementary school students. A total of 385 elementary school students completed a questionnaire including help-seeking intentions to friends and teachers, satisfaction with school life, experience of concerns and depression. The result of analysis of covariance structures indicated that (a) “approved as a classmate” and experience of concerns positively influenced help-seeking from teachers and friends, (b) “declining activity and pleasure” negatively influenced help-seeking from teachers and friends, and that (c) high level of“infringed” was related with high level of help seeking from teachers and low level of help seeking from friends.