Expanding a measure of mental health literacy: Development and validation of a multicomponent mental health literacy measure
| Autor: | Hyejin Jung, King Davis, Kirk von Sternberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male Psychometrics Concurrent validity Health literacy Test validity 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Health Education Mental health literacy Biological Psychiatry Public Housing Mental Disorders Reproducibility of Results Middle Aged Texas Mental health Confirmatory factor analysis Exploratory factor analysis Health Literacy 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Mental Health Female Health education Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psychiatry Research. 243:278-286 |
| ISSN: | 0165-1781 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.06.034 |
| Popis: | Mental health literacy (MHL) is an important factor in mental health care. However, few measures are available that assess multiple components of MHL and that are applicable to lay community people. A valid, comprehensive measure is needed to adequately identify the level of MHL and need for mental health education. This study presents the development of a multicomponent MHL measure and its psychometric properties. Participants (n=211) were recruited from a local public housing authority in Texas. A series of an exploratory factor analysis, a confirmatory factor analysis, an independent sample t-test, and a correlation analysis were used to assess construct, known-groups, and concurrent validity. Internal consistency reliability was examined by Kuder-Richardson Formula 20. The result suggested a second-order factor model by three first-order factors: knowledge-oriented MHL; beliefs-oriented MHL; resource-oriented MHL. This measure was a valid tool to assess MHL among public housing staff. This measure can be useful in examining lay community members' levels of MHL. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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