Abstract

OLIVARI, Cecilia  and  GUZMAN-GONZALEZ, Mónica. Adaptation and Validation of Barriers to Adolescents Seeking Help Scale for Mental Health Problems in Chilean Teenagers. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2018, vol.17, n.1, pp.149-160. ISSN 1657-9267.  https://doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.upsy17-1.avcb.

This research has a goal to adapt and validate for Chilean teenagers the Barriers to Adolescents Seeking Help Scale, brief version (BASH-B). This questionnaire measures the perceived barriers and reasons for teenagers not looking for professional help when they presents some psychological problem. There were 387 teenagers participants between 14 and 19 years olds (M = 15.71 years), attending high schools in Talca regional area. The psychometric properties of the instrument were analyzed. A confirmatory factor analysis corroborated the one-dimensional structure. The reliability indexes as appropriate. In addition, the scale presented significant association with the variables depression and self-efficacy in the hipothesized directions. Based on these results is possible to confirm that the BASH-B a appropriate psychometric properties to measure the barriers to help seeking for Mental health Problems in teenagers.

Keywords : help-Seeking; Barriers; Mental Health; Adolescent; Test Adaptation.

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