Care for adolescents with emotional and behavioral problems (EBP) is frequently unequally distributed. Parents may play a role in the access to this care. Therefore, the aim was to explore the association between parental characteristics and their adolescent's enrollment in psychosocial care. We used data from the Care4Youth cohort study. Our sample consisted of 446 adolescents (mean age 13.22 years, 48% boys) and 382 parents (mean age 42.95 years, 14% males). EBP combined with enrollment created four groups: 1, no EBP/no care; 2, no EBP/care; 3, EBP/no care; 4, EBP/care. We assessed differences in parental characteristics among the groups. Group 2 had a significantly lower socioeconomic position (p < 0.01), more psychological distress (p < 0.001), poorer supervision (p < 0.001) and lower family social support (p < 0.05) than Group 1. Group 4 had a significantly lower socioeconomic position (p < 0.01) and poorer supervision (p < 0.001) than Group 1. Group 3 had significantly poorer supervision (p < 0.001) than Group 4. The poor supervision in Group 3 requires attention, as these adolescents receive no care. The quality of parental supervision should be addressed generally, e.g., by providing better parenting support and more parental training.

Department of Community and Occupational Medicine University Medical Center Groningen University of Groningen 9713 AV Groningen The Netherlands

Department of Health Psychology and Research Methodology Faculty of Medicine Pavel Jozef Safarik University in Kosice 040 11 Kosice Slovakia

Graduate School Kosice Institute for Society and Health Pavel Jozef Safarik University in Kosice 040 11 Kosice Slovakia

Olomouc University Social Health Institute Palacky University in Olomouc 711 11 Olomouc Czech Republic

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