Exploring predictors of parents’ negative emotional response to adolescents’ mental illness disclosures

Rachel Elisabeth Riggs, Eric E Rasmussen, Sarah Mallard Wakefield, School of Communication, University of North Florida, Department of Public Relations and Strategic Communication, Texas Tech University, Department of Psychiatry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Journal of Child Health Care

Published online on May 20, 2025

Abstract

Journal of Child Health Care, Ahead of Print.
Approximately 13% of children and adolescents struggle with a mental health disorder. Adolescents must often disclose information about their mental health (MH) distress to their parents to receive social support or professional care, but parents’ ...