Parental Influences on University Students’ Mental Help‐Seeking Intentions

Parents are thought to play an integral role in adolescents’ and young adults’ help‐seeking, yet parental influences on university students’ help‐seeking intentions have been largely overlooked. A total of 118 parent‐student dyads completed questionnaires. Multiple regression analyses demonstrated that increased student attachment to parent and lower levels of student distress were associated with informal help‐seeking. Actor‐partner interdependence models demonstrated that parent variables had no influence on students’ help‐seeking intentions. Counseling and research implications are discussed.