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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 1 Factorial structure, factorial loadings, explained variance and reliability of the SBPP scale—second version

From: Development and validation of a scale for measuring cultural beliefs about psychotherapy patients in southern Chile

Items (loadings)

Factor 1 “stable characteristics”

(α = 0.80)

Factor 2 “transitory situations”

(α = 0.65)

Have weak character

0.71

 

Are unhappy

0.63

 

Are nervous

0.63

 

Are much troubled

0.58

 

Are crazy

0.55

 

Have a mental illness

0.49

 

Need help to solve their problems

0.40

 

Are depressed

 

0.73

Are going through a difficult time in their lives

 

0.61

Are disoriented

 

0.56

Variance explained (%)

23.7

15.5

  1. Source: own elaboration
  2. Footnote: Heading of all items = “psychotherapy patients:”
  3. KMO = 0.71; Bartlett’s test of sphericity χ2 = 323.16, p < 0.00