Table 3 Psychometrics of help-seeking measures

1. Attitudes towards help-seeking scale (with various modified versions)

Fischer & Turner, 1970 [143]

α^a = .83; .86

FA; CS

A/H

r it = -.58 - .56 (p < .0001)

r^b = .73-.89

Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale (ATSPPH)

Fischer & Farina, 1995 [147]

α^a = .77-.98;.84;.90

FA; CS; CR

r it ^a = .54;

r^b = .80

ATSPPH-SF

Elhai, et al., 2008 [146]

α^a = .69; .77-.78; .84

FA; CS

r it ^a > .40

r^b = .64 (p = .045)

2. Intention of Seeking Counseling Inventory (ISCI)

Cepeda-Benito & Short, 1998 [144]

α^a = .89

FA; CS

I

3. General Help Seeking Questionnaire (GHSQ)

Deane et al., 2001 [145]

α^a = .67, .76, .82

FA

I

Gulliver et al., 2012 [35]

α^a = .57-.77;

r^b = .42-.91 (p < 0.001)

Wilson et al., 2005 [159]

α^a = .70-.85;

P; CV; DV

ICC^b = .86-.92

4. Jorm Mental health literacy survey (items on attitudes/beliefs towards treatment)

Jorm, Blewitt et al., 2005 [149]

K^c = 0.15-1.00

A/T

Jorm, Mackinnon et al., 2005 [150]

FA

Reavley et al., 2014 [154]

CS

5. Help Seeking Intentions

Lee et al., 2014 [151]

α^a = .74, .76

FA

I

6. The New Inventory of Attitudes Towards Seeking Mental Health Services (IASMHS)

Mackenzie et al., 2004 [152]

α^a = .87 (.76-.82)

FA; CS

A/H

r^b = .64-.91 (p < 0.01)

7. Help-Seeking Attitude Scale (HSAS)

Nickerson et al., 1994 [153]

α^a = .87

CC

A/H

8. Scale of Attitudes Toward Seeking Psychological Help for Secondary Students (ASPH-S)

Sahin & Uyar, 2011 [156]

α^a = .85 (.59-.81)

FA

A/H

r it ^a = .41-.57

ICC^b = .81

9. Help Seeking Acceptability (HSA)

Schmeelk-Cone et al., 2012 [157]

α^a = .84-.88

FA; CS

A/H

r it ^a = .81-.85

10. Parental Attitudes Toward Psychological Services Inventory (PATPSI) (based on ATSPPH)

Turner, 2012 [158]

α^a = .72-.92

FA; CS

A/H

ICC^b = .66-.90