Construction and Factorial Validation of a Short Version of the Attitudes Towards Mental Health Problems Scale (SATMHPS)
Journal article
Authors | Kotera, Y., Taylor, E. C., Wilkes, J., Veasey, C., Maybury, S., Jackson, J., Lieu, J. and Asano, K. |
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Abstract | Negative attitudes and shame towards mental health problems are detrimental to our mental health. An established scale of measure for mental health attitudes and shame is the Attitudes Towards Mental Health Problems Scale (ATMHPS), comprising 35 items. This comprehensive instrument evaluates Community/Family Attitudes, Community/Family External Shame, Internal Shame, and Family/Self Reflected Shame. One weakness of the ATMHPS is its length. The present study constructed and validated a shorter version of the ATMHPS (SATMHPS), comprising 14 items. Two samples of UK university students (274 business and 301 healthcare students) were recruited, and the analyses were performed to construct and validate the factorial structure. The SATMHPS demonstrated good to excellent internal consistency, and very strong correlations with the original ATMHPS in both samples. Confirmatory factor analyses on the SATMHPS replicated the seven-factor model identified in the original ATMHPS. The SATMHPS can be a reliable, valid and user-friendly instrument to measure attitudes and shame towards mental health problems. |
Keywords | Mental Health; Mental Health Attitudes; Shame; Attitudes Towards Mental Health Problems Scale; Self Compassion |
Year | 2022 |
Journal | Mental Health Religion & Culture |
Journal citation | pp. 1-10 |
Publisher | Routledge - Taylor and Francis |
ISSN | 220711877 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2022.2114441 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13674676.2022.2114441?casa_token=KECcf9_2z00AAAAA%3AuL2eq5VErW33XJ67DiescKrhylyXUS7EEY6ELqRJ0bUVh-AJOuPfIThsvdng0VDm1kSnjwUfxBpF |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 13 Jan 2023 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 13 Aug 2022 |
Deposited | 09 Feb 2023 |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/99048/construction-and-factorial-validation-of-a-short-version-of-the-attitudes-towards-mental-health-problems-scale-satmhps
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