Young people's mental health first aid intentions and beliefs prospectively predict their actions: Findings from an Australian National Survey of Youth
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Little is known about whether mental health first aid knowledge and beliefs of young people actually translate into actual behavior. This study examined whether young people's first aid intentions and beliefs predicted the actions they later took to help a close friend or family member with a mental health problem. Participants in a 2006 national survey of Australian youth (aged 12-25 years) reported on their first aid intentions and beliefs based on one of four vignettes: depression, depression with alcohol misuse, psychosis, and social phobia. At a two-year follow-up interview, they reported on actions they had taken to help any family member or close friend with a problem similar to the vignette character since the initial interview. Of the 2005 participants interviewed at follow-up, 608 reported knowing someone with a similar problem. Overall, young people's first aid intentions and beliefs about the helpfulness of particular first aid actions predicted the actions they actually took to assist a close other. However, the belief in and intention to encourage professional help did not predict subsequent action. Findings suggest that young people's mental health first aid intentions and beliefs may be valid indicators of their subsequent actions.
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Scores for intentions to provide mental health first aid have high inter-rater reliability.
“These scores have high inter-rater reliability [32, 33]”
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Scores for intentions to provide mental health first aid have been shown to predict the quality of support provided up to 2 years later.
“and have been shown to predict the quality of support provided up to 2 years later [32].”
From Systematic review and meta-analysis of Mental Health First Aid training: Effects on knowledge, stigma, and helping behaviour (2018) · cites this paper as [32]
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- Authors
- Yap, M. B. H., & Jorm, A. F.
- Affiliations
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Yap, Marie Bee Hui
- Venue
- Psychiatry Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-04
- Volume
- 196
- Issue
- 2-3
- Pages
- 315-319
- ISSN
- 0165-1781 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2121380617
- Cited by
- 84
- References
- 6
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- FWCI
- 8.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychiatry Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- National Medical Research Council
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › School Health and Nursing Education
- Keywords
- mental health first aid, youth, helping behavior, depression, psychosis, social anxiety disorder, alcohol abuse, family and friend support, mental health knowledge
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Australia, Mental Disorders, Child, Culture, Female, First Aid, Follow-Up Studies, Health Surveys, Humans, Interview, Psychological, Male, Mental Health, Predictive Value of Tests, Logistic Models, Intention, Young Adult
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