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Both the intention and tendency to engage in formal help-seeking are predicted by mental health literacy, self-stigma, and emotional intelligence; however, the role that each of these factors play in relation to informal help-seeking is less clear. The current study examined the predictive value of mental health literacy with respect to both formal and informal help-seeking intentions. Additionally, the current study explored the role of self-stigma and emotional intelligence as possible mediators of these relationships. Undergraduate students (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u202f=\u202f301) were recruited from a Western Canadian university and completed a series of online questionnaires measuring their formal and informal help-seeking intentions, mental health literacy, self-stigma faced when seeking help, and meta-mood, as an operationalization of emotional intelligence. Results indicated that mental health literacy was a significant positive predictor of formal help-seeking intentions, and that both self-stigma and meta-mood partially mediated this relationship. Furthermore, results showed that mental health literacy did not serve as a significant predictor of informal help-seeking, although mental health literacy did have a significant indirect effect on informal help-seeking, through the mediation of meta-mood. The importance of self-stigma and meta-mood in relation to mental health literacy are highlighted in terms of formal help-seeking outcomes, and the implications of these findings for informal help-seeking are discussed.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2025.1589093","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,14]],"date-time":"2025-08-14T04:10:25Z","timestamp":1755144625000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Mental health literacy and help-seeking: the mediating role of self-stigma and emotional intelligence"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Mahd","family":"Awan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Melissa A.","family":"Boyce","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brittany L.","family":"Lindsay","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"179","DOI":"10.1016\/0749-5978(91)90020-T","article-title":"The theory of planned behavior","volume":"50","author":"Ajzen","year":"1991","journal-title":"Organ. 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