Emotional Benefits and Barriers of Psychological Services Scale: Initial construction and validation among African American women.

摘要: The current study used the Health Belief Model to develop a measure that assessed emotional benefits and barriers of professional psychological services in an African American women sample. Data from 251 recruited online organizations across United States (n = 164) Midwestern university psychology subject pool 87) were for exploratory factor analysis. Results revealed 2-factor structure Emotional Benefits Barriers Psychological Services (EBBPS) Scale: Life Enhancement Concerns about Distress, respectively. Confirmatory analysis was performed with data 208 who 81), Mturk 104), 23). confirmed EFA model demonstrated superior fit compared unidimensional as well 3 model. Both factors exhibited excellent internal consistency. Construct validity supported given EBBPS correlated theoretically related constructs, like help-seeking attitudes, intentions seek counseling, cultural identity, uncorrelated unrelated distress. These findings support utility relevance women. (PsycINFO Database Record