Cross-Cultural Appraisal of the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to revisit and cross-culturally examine the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale (ATSPPHS). Despite its long history of use in research studies, there is scarce information on the norming sample of the ATSPPHS, and support of its use with ethnic minority populations. This study examined the reliability and construct validity of this instrument for use with a Latino population. Two samples of participants - Anglo and Mexican American - were utilized to examine the ATSPPHS' reliable and valid use with the Latino participants. Also, in order to ascertain the effect of culture on response patterns, the results of the ATSPPHS for the two samples were compared to each other with consideration to confounding variables supported by the literature.