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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Rural Health. 2011 Apr 19;28(2):142–151. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2011.00375.x

Table 1.

Correlations of Cognitive Appraisal Variables for a Counselor or Therapist

Perceived
Need
r (P value)		 Outcome
Expectancy
r (P value)		 Outcome
Value
r (P value)
Perceived needa - 0.62 (.0001) 0.32 (.0014)
Outcome expectancyb 0.62 (.0001) - 0.37 (.0002)
Outcome valuec 0.32 (.0014) 0.37 (.0002) -
a

Perceived need: participants were asked if they should seek help from a counselor or therapist if they were experiencing the problem (depression symptoms) in the vignette.

b

Outcome expectancy: participants were asked to what extent they believed that seeing a counselor or therapist would help alleviate the problem (depression symptoms) described in the vignette.

c

Outcome value was measured on a scale of 1–7 (1 = not important that I seek help; 7 = imperative that I seek help).