The Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS): A New Scale-Based Measure of Mental Health Literacy
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Although Mental Health Literacy (MHL) has been a topic of substantial interest, measurement of this concept using a scale-based measure has been limited, including a lack of psychometric and methodologically robust scale-based measures of MHL. This study developed a new scale-based measure of MHL, the Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS), which assesses all attributes of MHL. Construction of the MHLS was done over three key stages, including measure development, pilot testing and assessment of psychometrics and methodological quality. The resulting measure is a 35 item, univariate scale that is easily administered and scored. Results showed significant differences in scores between mental health professionals and a community sample, as well as individuals with greater experience with mental health, and a significant positive relationship with help-seeking intentions. The MHLS also demonstrated good internal and test-retest reliability. Evaluation of the methodological quality of the MHLS indicated that it has substantial methodological advantages in comparison to existing scale-based measures of MHL. The MHLS can be used in assessing individual and population level differences in MHL and in determining the impact of programmes designed to improve MHL.
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Questionnaires were developed to evaluate MHL for the target population, notably the Mental Health Literacy Scale, the Multicomponent Mental Health Literacy Scale, and the Mental Health Literacy Questionnaire.
“To evaluate MHL, questionnaires were developed for the target population presented above, notably the Mental Health Literacy Scale [53], the Multicomponent Mental Health Literacy Scale [54], and the Mental Health Literacy Questionnaire [55].”
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- Authors
- O’Connor, M., & Casey, L.
- Affiliations
- Griffith University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- O’Connor, Matt
- ORCID
- O’Connor, Matt
- Venue
- Psychiatry Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-09
- Volume
- 229
- Issue
- 1-2
- Pages
- 511-516
- ISSN
- 0165-1781 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1850933954
- Cited by
- 605
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
- 2026: 82 · 2025: 121 · 2024: 96 · 2023: 85 · 2022: 70 · 2021: 50 · 2020: 39 · 2019: 33 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 3
- FWCI
- 15.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Psychiatry Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Education › Health Education and Validation
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- mental health literacy, Mental Health Literacy Scale, scale development, psychometric properties, help-seeking intentions, mental health professionals, community sample, internal consistency, test-retest reliability
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Cholestyramine Resin, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Middle Aged, Pilot Projects, Psychometrics, Reproducibility of Results, Young Adult, Health Literacy
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