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Expanding a measure of mental health literacy: Development and validation of a multicomponent mental health literacy measure
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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.
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“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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Metadata
- Authors
- Jung, H., von Sternberg, K., & Davis, K.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas at El Paso (US)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- Corresponding author
- Jung, Hyejin
- Venue
- Psychiatry Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-09
- Volume
- 243
- Pages
- 278-286
- ISSN
- 0165-1781 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2474633002
- Cited by
- 154
- References
- 75
- Citations by year
- 2026: 23 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 35 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 5.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychiatry Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Research and Theory › Health Education and Validation
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Keywords
- mental health literacy, scale development, psychometric validation, mental health education
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Mental Disorders, Female, Health Education, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Middle Aged, Psychometrics, Public Housing, Surveys and Questionnaires, Texas, Reproducibility of Results, Health Literacy
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