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Table 6 Factor Loadings for TCS-MH and WWMS (n = 93)

From: Preliminary analysis of validation evidence for two new scales assessing teachers’ confidence and worries related to delivering mental health content in the classroom

TCS-MH Item

Factor Loadings

WWMS Item

Factor Loadings

1. I can answer my students’ general questions about mental health

.70

1. Trigger an emotional reaction in a student with a mental health difficulty

.69

2. I can create a mentally healthy classroom

.71

2. Cause a student to identify with a mental illness that they do not have

.77

3. I can advocate for the importance of learning about mental health

.69

3. Do more damage than good

.80

4. I can help my students to be more aware of their mental health

.89

4. Glamorize mental illness

.71

5. I can improve students’ general knowledge about mental health

.87

5. Single out a student who does have a mental health difficulty

.72

6. I can help students to learn to value their mental health

.89

6. Say the wrong thing

.83

7. I can use students’ attitudes toward mental health to create learning opportunities

.91

7. Answer a question incorrectly

.77

8. I can teach students how to find reliable information about mental health

.81

8. Be seen as the “expert”

.66

9. I can help to break down stereotypes about mental health

.90

9. Overstep my boundaries

.84

10. I can help students to learn about the negative impact of stigma

.90

10. See something as a small problem when really it’s a big problem

.71

11. I can improve students’ knowledge of resources available to support their mental health

.88

11. Be unable to help a student

.68

12. I can improve students’ ability to seek help for mental health difficulties

.83

  

Coefficient alpha (α)

.96

Coefficient alpha (α)

.93

  1. Note. TCS-MH KMO Statistic = .94, Bartlett’s test for sphericity p < 0.001 (approx. Chi square 1233)
  2. WWMS KMO Statistic = .89, Bartlett’s test for sphericity p < 0.001 (approx. Chi square 690)