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SOCIAL SUPPORT AND PARENTING SKILLS 101 causality, i.e. on the direction of the associations of low family social support, poor parenting skills and children’s enrolment in psychosocial care. Our findings should thus be confirmed in future longitudinal studies. Implications This study showed that family social support and parenting skills are associated with children’s psychosocial care enrolment and that these associations were mediated by children’s psychosocial problems. Professionals and policymakers should, therefore, be aware that these factors are associated with enrolment. Further research is needed to determine whether influencing these factors indeed leads to less enrolment in care. Moreover, further research is needed to examine whether these associations will be confirmed when parenting skills and children’s psychosocial problems are rated by professionals. Finally, longitudinal research should provide insight into the pathways leading to the associations between low family social support and children’s enrolment in psychosocial care, as well as leading to the association between poor parenting skills and care enrolment.