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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ment Health Prev. 2015 Dec 1;3(4):178–184. doi: 10.1016/j.mhp.2015.09.001

Table 4.

Number of Items per Subscale and Internal Consistency Estimates for the Original and Revised BMHSS-R

Original BMHSS
(Pepin et al., 2009)
BMHSS-R
Subscale/Number of Items alpha Subscale/Number of Items alpha
Help-seeking (12) .75* Help-seeking (4) .67
Stigma (5) .73* Stigma (5) .87*
Knowledge and Fear of Psychotherapy (7) .74* Knowledge and Fear of Psychotherapy (5) .86*
Belief about Inability to Find a Psychotherapist (3) .69 Belief about Inability to Find a Psychotherapist (5) .86*
Belief that Depressive Symptoms are Normal (3) .48 Belief that Depressive Symptoms are Normal (4) .75*
Insurance/Payment Concerns (5) .78* Insurance/Payment Concerns (3) .80*
Ageism (4) .73* Ageism (5) .82*
Concerns about Psychotherapist’s Qualifications (6) .69 Concerns about Psychotherapist’s Qualifications (5) .81*
Physician Referral (3) .61 Physician Referral (3) .63
Transportation Concerns (3) .73* Transportation Concerns (5) .77*
Range of items 9 (3–12) Range of items 2 (3–5)
Mean (SD) number of items 5.10 (2.01) Mean (SD) number of items 4.4 (.84)

Note. alpha = Cronbach’s Alpha;

*

indicates Cronbach’s alpha above .70