TY - JOUR
T1 - Mothers' attitudes toward seeking help for their children from school and private psychologists
AU - Raviv, Amiram
AU - Raviv, Alona
AU - Propper, Ariella
AU - Fink, Abby Schachter
PY - 2003/2
Y1 - 2003/2
N2 - What inhibits parents from seeking psychological help for their children? This study examined the attitudes of mothers of school-age children toward seeking psychological help from school psychological services and from private psychologists. Mothers express greater and more intense worries in relation to seeking help from school psychological services as compared to private psychologists. Hypothetical vignettes about a problematic child also showed that mothers prefer to refer both their own child and that of a friend to a private psychologist. Reducing the threat aroused by public sector psychologists should increase the utilization of psychological help for children.
AB - What inhibits parents from seeking psychological help for their children? This study examined the attitudes of mothers of school-age children toward seeking psychological help from school psychological services and from private psychologists. Mothers express greater and more intense worries in relation to seeking help from school psychological services as compared to private psychologists. Hypothetical vignettes about a problematic child also showed that mothers prefer to refer both their own child and that of a friend to a private psychologist. Reducing the threat aroused by public sector psychologists should increase the utilization of psychological help for children.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0037266691&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/0735-7028.34.1.95
DO - 10.1037/0735-7028.34.1.95
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AN - SCOPUS:0037266691
SN - 0735-7028
VL - 34
SP - 95
EP - 101
JO - Professional Psychology: Research and Practice
JF - Professional Psychology: Research and Practice
IS - 1
ER -