2014 Volume 17 Issue 2 Pages 142-151
The Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale-Short Form (ATSPPH-SF) is a widely used scale to measure attitudes toward psychological professionals. Thus, this study aims to develop and evaluate the Japanese version of the ATSPPH-SF for high school students using confirmatory factor analysis. Based on the preliminary study with a sample of 454 high school students, the original scale consisting of one factor with 10 items produced a two-factor structure: a “trust toward counselors” factor and a “sense of resistance toward counselors” factor. Similar to previous studies, the instability of factor structure was confirmed in the present study. Subsequently, the main study focused on a sample of 277 high school students. Following the scale modification, the results indicated that the ATSPPH-SF consisting of one-factor with five items adequately fits the data: χ2(5)=7.149; p=n.s.; GFI=.989; AGFI=.968; CFI=.994; RMSEA=.039. In addition, the internal consistency reliability coefficient (Cronbach’s alpha) was adequate at .77, the test-retest reliability was good at .67, and the concurrent validity was confirmed. However, as a result of I–T correlation and GP analysis, the item that should be deleted was not confirmed.