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Inventory of attitudes toward seeking mental health services: psychometric properties among adolescents
| dc.contributor.author | Brás, Marta | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cunha, Ana Margarida | |
| dc.contributor.author | Carmo, Claudia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nunes, C. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-26T12:23:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-07-26T12:23:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-06-29 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2022-07-25T16:32:41Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Mental health is an essential element of wellness; however, some populations are more vulnerable to mental health problems. Suicide is the second-highest cause of death in young people and help-seeking unwillingness is a significant obstacle to mental health interventions. Young people are especially reluctant to seek help and negative attitudes stand out as help-seeking barriers, highlighting the importance of evaluating these constructs. The Inventory of Attitudes toward Seeking Mental Health Services (IASMHS) is a measure that evaluates help-seeking attitudes; nevertheless, it lacks applicability in Portuguese youth. This study aims to explore the psychometric characteristics of the IASMHS in 750 Portuguese adolescents (52.3% female, Mage = 14.67), through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and reliability and validity analyses. Results suggest that a three-factor structure was adequate, those factors being help-seeking propensity, indifference to stigma, and psychological openness. The IASMHS was shortened to 20 items and revealed satisfactory properties regarding internal consistency, convergent/discriminant validity, and temporal stability. These findings validate the IASMHS as an adequate tool in the assessment of young people’s help-seeking attitudes. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.citation | Social Sciences 11 (7): 284 (2022) | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/socsci11070284 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 2076-0760 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/18096 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | MDPI | pt_PT |
| dc.relation | Psychology Research Center | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Help-seeking | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Adolescent | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Protective factor | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Psychometric study | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Mental health | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Suicide | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Inventory of attitudes toward seeking mental health services: psychometric properties among adolescents | pt_PT |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.awardTitle | Psychology Research Center | |
| oaire.awardURI | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F04345%2F2020/PT | |
| oaire.citation.issue | 7 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 284 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | Social Sciences | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.volume | 11 | pt_PT |
| oaire.fundingStream | 6817 - DCRRNI ID | |
| person.familyName | Brás | |
| person.familyName | Cunha | |
| person.familyName | Carmo | |
| person.familyName | Nunes | |
| person.givenName | Marta | |
| person.givenName | Ana Margarida | |
| person.givenName | Cláudia | |
| person.givenName | Cristina | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | BE16-6664-637D | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | D711-CB24-6539 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0001-7430-1939 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0003-3175-2830 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-7301-349X | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-1009-0519 | |
| person.identifier.rid | D-3608-2015 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 55507762100 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 7006695278 | |
| project.funder.identifier | http://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 | |
| project.funder.name | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |
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