Inventory of Attitudes toward Seeking Mental Health Services: Psychometric Properties among Adolescents
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Help-Seeking and Attitudes
1.2. Inventory of Attitudes toward Seeking Mental Health Services (IASMHS)
1.3. The Present Study
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample
2.2. Measures
2.3. Procedure
2.3.1. Data Collection
2.3.2. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA)
3.2. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA)
3.3. Reliability Analysis
3.4. Validity Analysis
3.5. Gender Differences
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Item | F1 | F2 | F3 | h2 |
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Factor 1–Help-seeking propensity | ||||
Item 8 | 0.73 | 0.57 | ||
Item 15 | 0.69 | 0.51 | ||
Item 19 | 0.69 | 0.33 | 0.59 | |
Item 13 | 0.65 | 0.46 | ||
Item 10 | 0.64 | 0.48 | ||
Item 22 | 0.63 | 0.40 | ||
Item 5 | 0.59 | 0.35 | ||
Item 23 | 0.49 | 0.26 | ||
Item 2 | 0.45 | 0.33 | ||
Item 4 a | −0.32 | 0.17 | ||
Factor 2–Indifference to stigma | ||||
Item 11 a | 0.74 | 0.57 | ||
Item 16 a | 0.71 | 0.52 | ||
Item 20 a | 0.69 | 0.52 | ||
Item 24 a | 0.63 | 0.41 | ||
Item 6 a | 0.63 | 0.40 | ||
Item 3 a | 0.59 | 0.43 | ||
Item 17 a | 0.58 | 0.37 | ||
Factor 3–Psychological openness | ||||
Item 14 a | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.26 | |
Item 21 a | 0.65 | 0.45 | ||
Item 12 a | 0.60 | 0.41 | ||
Item 18 a | 0.45 | 0.28 | ||
Item 9 a | 0.40 | 0.20 | ||
Item 7 a | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.23 | |
Item 1 a | 0.36 | 0.15 | ||
Eigenvalue | 4.64 | 3.32 | 1.37 | |
Variance explained (%) | 19.33 | 13.84 | 5.69 | |
Total variance explained (%) | 38.85 |
Model | χ2 | df | χ2/df | RMSEA | SRMR | GFI | TLI | CFI | PNFI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One-factor model (20 items) (N = 375) | 1122.67 | 170 | 6.60 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.65 | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0.42 |
Three-factor model (20 items) (N = 375) | 315.30 | 167 | 1.89 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.92 | 0.75 |
R | ||||||
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GHSQ—F | GHSQ—I | CES-DC | SSSS | QIAIS | PANSI-N | |
Total scale | 0.42 *** | 0.32 *** | −0.38 *** | 0.45 *** | −0.29 *** | −0.30 *** |
Help-seeking propensity | 0.46 *** | 0.31 *** | −0.23 *** | 0.34 *** | −0.14 *** | −0.13 *** |
Indifference to stigma | 0.18 *** | 0.22 *** | −0.39 *** | 0.40 *** | −0.32 *** | −0.36 *** |
Psychological openness | 0.13 *** | 0.04 | −0.11 ** | 0.11 ** | −0.14 *** | −0.13 ** |
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Brás, M.; Cunha, A.M.; Carmo, C.; Nunes, C. Inventory of Attitudes toward Seeking Mental Health Services: Psychometric Properties among Adolescents. Soc. Sci. 2022, 11, 284. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11070284
Brás M, Cunha AM, Carmo C, Nunes C. Inventory of Attitudes toward Seeking Mental Health Services: Psychometric Properties among Adolescents. Social Sciences. 2022; 11(7):284. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11070284
Chicago/Turabian StyleBrás, Marta, Ana Margarida Cunha, Cláudia Carmo, and Cristina Nunes. 2022. "Inventory of Attitudes toward Seeking Mental Health Services: Psychometric Properties among Adolescents" Social Sciences 11, no. 7: 284. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11070284
APA StyleBrás, M., Cunha, A. M., Carmo, C., & Nunes, C. (2022). Inventory of Attitudes toward Seeking Mental Health Services: Psychometric Properties among Adolescents. Social Sciences, 11(7), 284. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11070284