Construction and factorial validation of a short version of the Attitudes Towards Mental Health Problems Scale (SATMHPS)

Kotera, Yasuhiro; Taylor, Elaina; Wilkes, Juliet; Veasey, Christian; Maybury, Sarah; Jackson, Jessica; Lieu, Jenai; Asano, Kenichi

Abstract

Negative attitudes and shame towards mental health problems are detrimental to mental health. An established measure for mental health attitudes and shame is the Attitudes Towards Mental Health Problems Scale (ATMHPS), comprising 35 items. This comprehensive instrument evaluates Community/Family Attitudes, Community/Family External Shame, Internal Shame, and Family/Self Reflected Shame. One weakness of the ATMHPS is its length. The present study constructed and validated a shorter version of the ATMHPS (SATMHPS), comprising 14 items. Samples of UK university students (274 business and 301 healthcare students) were recruited, and analyses were performed to construct and validate the factorial structure. The SATMHPS demonstrated good to excellent internal consistency, and very strong correlations with the original ATMHPS in both samples. Confirmatory factor analyses on the SATMHPS replicated the seven-factor model identified in the original ATMHPS. The SATMHPS can be a reliable, valid and user-friendly instrument to measure attitudes and shame towards mental health problems.

Citation

Kotera, Y., Taylor, E., Wilkes, J., Veasey, C., Maybury, S., Jackson, J., Lieu, J., & Asano, K. (2023). Construction and factorial validation of a short version of the Attitudes Towards Mental Health Problems Scale (SATMHPS). Mental Health, Religion and Culture, https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2022.2114441

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 13, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Jan 13, 2023
• Publication Date: Jan 13, 2023
• Deposit Date: Jan 13, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 14, 2024
• Journal: Mental Health, Religion and Culture
• Print ISSN: 1367-4676
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-9737
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2022.2114441
• Keywords: Mental health shame; attitudes towards mental health problems scale; short assessment instrument; scale construction; factorial validation
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/15940583
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13674676.2022.2114441
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Mental Health, Religion and Culture on 13/01/23, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2022.2114441.