Assessing the Psychometric Properties of the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale-Short Form in Mainland China

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 309-321

  Fang, Ke ^a   Pieterse, Alex L ^a   Friedlander, Myrna ^a   Cao, Junhong ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CHE Senior Psychology Services   (United States)

Author keywords

ATSPPH SF; Chinese college students; Cross cultural validity; Help seeking attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 83355166827     PISSN: 01650653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10447-011-9137-1     Document Type: Article

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