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Measuring Stigma, Attitudes, and Intentions Toward Seeking Therapy in Brazil
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Valid measures are essential to identify barriers to therapy-seeking in Brazil. Thus, the aim of this study was to adapt and examine the psychometric properties of the Self-Stigma of Seeking Help Scale (SSOSH), Perceptions of Stigmatization by Others for Seeking Help, Mental Help-Seeking Attitudes Scale (MHSAS), and Mental Help-Seeking Intention Scale. Data were collected from a community sample (n = 307) and a hard-to-reach group of civilian police officers (n = 94), and invariance analyses were conducted to assess whether the measures had similar psychometric properties across the two groups. The SSOSH and MHSAS achieved scalar invariance, while the Perceptions of Stigmatization by Others for Seeking Help and Mental Help-Seeking Intention Scale achieved metric invariance. Follow-up analyses indicated that the police officers reported higher SSOSH scores than the community members, though there were no group differences on the MHSAS. This study is the first to conduct a comprehensive invariance examination of these specific scales.
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barriers to treatment
help-seeking
stigma
attitudes
intentions
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