title: Predictive validity of the attitudes toward medical help-seeking scale.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examines the predictive validity of the action/intention subscale of the attitudes toward seeking medical help scale in a college sample.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 51 female undergraduates recruited from psychology classes. Data were collected at two time points between January and April, 2011.
  
  
  METHODS
  Students completed the attitudes subscale and a measure of medical contacts twice, over a two month interval.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the measure were supported. Correlations between time one attitudes and medical contacts/intentions at time two provide evidence for predictive validity of the measure.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This relatively brief, psychometrically sound measure of attitudes toward medical help seeking can be used to identify individuals who may be reluctant to seek health care and to assess the effectiveness of health education programs.
authors: Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 245 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors: Terry A
authors: TA
authors: DiLorenzo
authors: University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA; Hartford Hospital, 80 Seymour Street, Hartford, CT 06106, USA.
authors: Ellen A
authors: EA
authors: Dornelas
authors: Hartford Hospital, 80 Seymour Street, Hartford, CT 06106, USA.
authors: Edward H
authors: EH
authors: Fischer
keywords: Attitudes; Health promotion; Medical help seeking