TPC Journal V8, Issue 4- FULL ISSUE

The Professional Counselor | Volume 8, Issue 4 303 Table 1 Descriptive Statistics: The Revised Version of the FSV Scale (N = 410) Items M SD Skew Kurtosis 1. My friends would think negatively of me. (Stigma) 2.27 1.18 0.63 -0.50 2. It would suggest I am unstable. (Stigma) 2.55 1.25 0.29 -0.97 3. I would feel embarrassed. (Stigma) 2.72 1.20 -0.02 -1.00 4. It would damage my reputation. (Stigma) 2.43 1.20 0.41 -0.78 5. It would be of no benefit. (Value) 2.46 1.20 0.39 -0.71 6. I would feel badly about myself if I saw a counselor. (Stigma) 2.35 1.13 0.45 -0.61 7. The financial cost of participating is not worth the personal benefits. (Value) 2.61 1.18 0.25 -0.68 8. It is not an effective use of my time. (Value) 2.40 1.16 0.45 -0.57 9. I couldn’t find a counselor with my theoretical orientation (personal style of counseling). (Fit) 2.42 1.12 0.62 -0.68 10. I couldn’t find a counselor competent enough to work with me. (Fit) 2.31 1.12 0.50 -0.47 11. I couldn’t find a counselor who would understand me. (Fit) 2.41 1.20 0.48 -0.66 12. I don’t trust a counselor to keep my matters just between us. (Fit) 2.50 1.21 0.33 -0.82 13. Counseling is unnecessary because my problems will resolve naturally. (Value) 2.56 1.31 0.22 -0.61 14. I have had a bad experience with a previous counselor in the past. (Fit) 2.34 1.17 0.44 -0.71 Table 2 Inter-Item Correlation Matrix Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q1 1 0.70 0.64 0.72 0.54 0.63 0.53 0.57 0.57 0.60 0.60 0.53 0.47 0.53 Q2 1 0.76 0.72 0.51 0.61 0.52 0.54 0.55 0.58 0.60 0.57 0.42 0.46 Q3 1 0.68 0.51 0.64 0.54 0.53 0.53 0.55 0.58 0.57 0.50 0.43 Q4 1 0.62 0.68 0.55 0.59 0.58 0.61 0.63 0.61 0.51 0.53 Q5 1 0.67 0.58 0.69 0.52 0.59 0.59 0.48 0.57 0.49 Q6 1 0.58 0.68 0.59 0.68 0.69 0.60 0.56 0.48 Q7 1 0.72 0.60 0.60 0.57 0.58 0.59 0.53 Q8 1 0.64 0.66 0.68 0.61 0.64 0.54 Q9 1 0.71 0.71 0.61 0.56 0.57 Q10 1 0.82 0.65 0.56 0.56 Q11 1 0.65 0.52 0.58 Q12 1 0.57 0.52 Q13 1 0.44 Q14 1