The IBM-HS specifies the existence of other determinants within the model because it is possible that other important determinants exist beyond the seven determinants explicitly specified in the IBM-HS. We do not wish to discourage users from considering other potential constructs that may fall outside the scope of the seven named determinant categories.
For more details about other help-seeking determinants, please read Hammer and colleagues (2024), from which a portion of the information on this page was excerpted.
A description of available measures of other determinants can be found on the Other Determinants Measures page.