Reliability and validity of the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale-Short Form

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 320-329

  Elhai, Jon D ^a   Schweinle, William ^a   Anderson, Susan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale; Mental health services; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 43449125869     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.04.020     Document Type: Article

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