Objective To study middle school students' characteristics of academic hdp seeking, and to know their help seeking and the influencing factors. Methods A total of 172 junior school students were assessed with Self-efficacy Scaler Conformed to Chinese Help-seeking Proverbs Scaler Sensitive to Others' Evaluation Scaler and Academic Help-seeking Scale. Results Self-efficacy was positively related to insttumental help-seeking, but negativdy related to avoidance of help-seeking. Students who were sensitive to others' evaluation were likely to avo...