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Although supportive treatment programs are emerging in Czechia, self-motivated help-seeking remains generally low in this at-risk population.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>To inform strategies for encouraging preventive service use, this study aimed to examine how past help-seeking experiences relate to factors that may influence the likelihood of seeking professional help, as identified in the literature.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>An online survey was conducted with a purposive sample of 97 community-based, predominantly male, non-forensic adults whose responses to hypothetical scenarios suggested a sexual interest in minors. The study investigated the relationship between self-reported past formal help-seeking behavior (any vs. none) and two key variables: perceived urgency of self-identified concerns and dismissive attitudes toward professional assistance. Analyses controlled for other forms of support sought.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Formal support sources were rarely approached. A significant association was found between low perceived urgency of self-identified concerns and the absence of formal help-seeking behavior (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.33, <jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic>(1)\u202f=\u202f6.34, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.014).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>To promote professional service uptake among this difficult-to-reach population, it is essential to enhance mental health literacy across the broader community and to educate individuals about the role of psychological well-being in preventing problematic behaviors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2025.1546102","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,11]],"date-time":"2025-09-11T05:25:09Z","timestamp":1757568309000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Formal help-seeking among community-based Czech individuals with sexual interest in minors is associated with the perceived urgency of self-identified concerns"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Lenka","family":"Martinec Nov\u00e1kov\u00e1","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lucie","family":"Krej\u010dov\u00e1","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kl\u00e1ra","family":"B\u00e1rtov\u00e1","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ren\u00e1ta","family":"Androvi\u010dov\u00e1","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kate\u0159ina","family":"Klapilov\u00e1","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1571","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jsxm.2021.06.008","article-title":"Reaching men and women at risk of committing sexual offences - findings from the national Swedish telephone helpline PrevenTell","volume":"18","author":"Adebahr","year":"2021","journal-title":"J. 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