A test of the inventory of attitudes towards seeking mental health services
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This study investigates the construct validity, composite reliability and concurrent validity of the Inventory of attitudes towards seeking mental health services (IASMHS). A large sample of Irish police officers (N = 331) participated in the study. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the three-factor structure of the scale, while composite reliability results demonstrated that the IASMHS possessed excellent internal reliability. Structural equation modelling indicated that help-seeking propensity was the strongest predictor of intentions to engage in psychological counselling followed by psychological openness. Neuroticism was a weak, significant predictor of intentions. Implications of these results are discussed in relation to improving utilisation rates of mental health services.
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Two psychometric papers centered on the reliability and validity of the Inventory of Attitudes towards Seeking Mental Health Services (IASMHS) [49, 84].
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One psychometric study also reported on predictors of help-seeking intentions [84].
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- Authors
- Hyland, P., Boduszek, D., Dhingra, K., Shevlin, M., Maguire, R., & Morley, K.
- Affiliations
- National College of Ireland (IE)
- University of Huddersfield (GB)
- University of Ulster (GB)
- Dublin Business School (IE)
- Corresponding author
- Hyland, Philip
- Venue
- British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014-10-13
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 397-412
- ISSN
- 0306-9885 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-3534
- OpenAlex
- W2007254302
- Cited by
- 38
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 4
- FWCI
- 1.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- eprints.hud.ac.uk
- Locations
- British Journal of Guidance and Counselling (publishedVersion)
- Maynooth University ePrints and eTheses Archive (Maynooth University) (acceptedVersion)
- NORMA (acceptedVersion)
- University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield) (submittedVersion)
- Leeds Beckett Repository (Leeds Beckett University) (submittedVersion)
- Huddersfield Research Portal (University of Huddersfield) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- help-seeking attitudes, mental health service utilization, police officers, open-mindedness, neuroticism, construct validity, scale development
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