Is the attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help scale applicable to ethnic Chinese students? Psychometric properties and cultural considerations

Der Yan Han; Sue Huei Chen

doi:10.1353/csd.2015.0000

Is the attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help scale applicable to ethnic Chinese students? Psychometric properties and cultural considerations

Der Yan Han, Sue Huei Chen

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

7 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale has been applied widely. However, there is no complete report on the reliability and validity of its Chinese version (ATSPPHS-C). A total of 353 Taiwanese undergraduates completed the ATSPPHS-C, Help-Seeking Willingness Scale, Symptom Check List-90R, and Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale. The ATSPPHS-C had satisfactory psychometric properties, and the different functions of each subscale could be applied differently to assess the help-seeking characteristics of these ethnic Chinese (i.e., Taiwanese) individuals. To lessen stigmas hindering Taiwanese people from comfortably expressing their problems, mental health professionals can explore subjective concerns from the perspective of somatic symptoms and then move on to the underlying psychological distress.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	73-83
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of College Student Development
Volume	56
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2015.0000
Publication status	Published - 2015

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.1353/csd.2015.0000

Cite this

@article{7476bb437819477397093e71090d9a4f,

title = "Is the attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help scale applicable to ethnic Chinese students? Psychometric properties and cultural considerations",

abstract = "The Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale has been applied widely. However, there is no complete report on the reliability and validity of its Chinese version (ATSPPHS-C). A total of 353 Taiwanese undergraduates completed the ATSPPHS-C, Help-Seeking Willingness Scale, Symptom Check List-90R, and Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale. The ATSPPHS-C had satisfactory psychometric properties, and the different functions of each subscale could be applied differently to assess the help-seeking characteristics of these ethnic Chinese (i.e., Taiwanese) individuals. To lessen stigmas hindering Taiwanese people from comfortably expressing their problems, mental health professionals can explore subjective concerns from the perspective of somatic symptoms and then move on to the underlying psychological distress.",

author = "Han, {Der Yan} and Chen, {Sue Huei}",

year = "2015",

doi = "10.1353/csd.2015.0000",

language = "English",

volume = "56",

pages = "73--83",

journal = "Journal of College Student Development",

issn = "0897-5264",

publisher = "Johns Hopkins University Press",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Is the attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help scale applicable to ethnic Chinese students? Psychometric properties and cultural considerations

AU - Han, Der Yan

AU - Chen, Sue Huei

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - The Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale has been applied widely. However, there is no complete report on the reliability and validity of its Chinese version (ATSPPHS-C). A total of 353 Taiwanese undergraduates completed the ATSPPHS-C, Help-Seeking Willingness Scale, Symptom Check List-90R, and Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale. The ATSPPHS-C had satisfactory psychometric properties, and the different functions of each subscale could be applied differently to assess the help-seeking characteristics of these ethnic Chinese (i.e., Taiwanese) individuals. To lessen stigmas hindering Taiwanese people from comfortably expressing their problems, mental health professionals can explore subjective concerns from the perspective of somatic symptoms and then move on to the underlying psychological distress.

AB - The Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale has been applied widely. However, there is no complete report on the reliability and validity of its Chinese version (ATSPPHS-C). A total of 353 Taiwanese undergraduates completed the ATSPPHS-C, Help-Seeking Willingness Scale, Symptom Check List-90R, and Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale. The ATSPPHS-C had satisfactory psychometric properties, and the different functions of each subscale could be applied differently to assess the help-seeking characteristics of these ethnic Chinese (i.e., Taiwanese) individuals. To lessen stigmas hindering Taiwanese people from comfortably expressing their problems, mental health professionals can explore subjective concerns from the perspective of somatic symptoms and then move on to the underlying psychological distress.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84921975450&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84921975450&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1353/csd.2015.0000

DO - 10.1353/csd.2015.0000

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84921975450

SN - 0897-5264

VL - 56

SP - 73

EP - 83

JO - Journal of College Student Development

JF - Journal of College Student Development

IS - 1

ER -

Is the attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help scale applicable to ethnic Chinese students? Psychometric properties and cultural considerations

Abstract

ASJC Scopus subject areas

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this