Faculty Publications

Beliefs And Evaluations About Counseling Services (BEACS): Scale Development

Document Type

Article

Keywords

attitudes toward psychological help, help-seeking attitudes, Scale development, Theory of Planned Behavior, Theory of Reasoned Action

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development

Volume

53

Issue

3

First Page

195

Last Page

212

Abstract

We developed the Beliefs and Evaluations About Counseling Services (BEACS) scale by incorporating a mathematical formula adopted from the Theory of Reasoned Action. We conducted three studies using distinctive samples for item generation, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, and obtained the validity evidence for scores from the scale.

Original Publication Date

7-2-2020

DOI of published version

10.1080/07481756.2019.1691458

Repository

UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa

Language

en

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