Validation of High School Students’ Scores on the Revised Fit,Stigma,and Value Scale: Implications for School Counseling Screening

Abstract

We tested the dimensionality of the Revised Fit, Stigma, and Value (FSV) Scale, a screening instrument for assessing barriers to counseling among a national sample of 330 students from 260 high schools across 45 states. Results supported the three-dimensional FSV model and the presence of a second-order factor. Based on the findings, we present implications for enhancing school counselors’ universal screening of barriers and how it impacts comprehensive school counseling program efforts.

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barriers to counseling factor analysis high school students Revised FSV Scale universal screening

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