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