Created on : 12.10.2026 Last modified : 12.10.2026

Youth Well-Being: Strengthening mental health and human capital in a social programme for vulnerable young people in Colombia

Colombia, 2025 - 2026

Reference ID

10.16909-dataset-67

DOI

https://doi.org/10.16909/dataset/67

Producer(s)

Mauricio Avendano, Martha Escobar Lux, Fabio Idrobo Bonilla, Armando N. Meier, Omar Y. Vargas Rodriguez

Collections

Department of epidemiology and health systems (DESS)

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

The Self-Stigma of Seeking Psychology Help (SSOSH) scale 3-item (ssosh1)

Data file: Individual-level surveys dataset

Overview

Valid: 35512

Invalid: 40484

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

INSTRUCTIONS: People at times find that they face problems that they consider seeking help for. This can bring up reactions about what seeking help would mean. Please use the 5-point scale to rate the degree to which each item describes how you might react in this situation.
Question 1. I would feel inadequate if I went to a therapist for psychological help.

Value	Category	Cases
0	Strongly Disagree	0
1	Disagree	13128	38%
2	Agree & Disagree Equally	11306	32.7%
3	Agree	7198	20.8%
4	Strongly Agree	2920	8.5%

Others

Notes

Topic: Standardised instrument : SSOSH-3

Asked in survey wave(s): Baseline survey, Follow-up 1 survey, Follow-up 2 survey

Reference/note: Short form: Brenner RE, Colvin KF, Hammer JH, Vogel DL (2021). Using item response theory to develop revised (SSOSH-7) and ultra-brief (SSOSH-3) Self-Stigma of Seeking Help scales. Assessment 28(5):1488–1499. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191120958496
Original 10-item scale: Vogel DL, Wade NG, Haake S (2006). Measuring the self-stigma associated with seeking psychological help. J Couns Psychol 53(3):325–337. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.53.3.325
Colombia (medical students): Validación de la escala de Autoestigma por Búsqueda de Ayuda (ABA) en una población de estudiantes de Medicina de Colombia. Rev Colomb Psiquiatr. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034745020300202

Study description in PDF

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