Australian validation of the Universal Mental Health Literacy Scale for Adolescents.

IF 1.6 4区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Australian Journal of Psychology Pub Date : 2025-09-10 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1080/00049530.2025.2555651

Julie C Clark, Warren Bartik, Kylie Rice

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Objective: In order to support mental health help-seeking for Australian adolescents, it is imperative to understand and improve their mental health literacy (MHL). MHL measures are needed to identify MHL needs and to evaluate MHL interventions; however, a standardised MHL measure is yet to be validated for Australian adolescents. The current study aimed to validate the Universal Mental Health Literacy Scale for Adolescents (UMHL-A) with Australian adolescents.

Method: Participants were recruited through a national recruitment company and included 402 Australian youth, 15 to 18 years old. First, the factor structure of the UMHL-A was evaluated through confirmatory factor analysis. Second, reliability was assessed through internal consistency and item-total score reliability. Finally, convergent and divergent validity were appraised.

Results: Confirmatory factor analysis validated the structure of the UMHL-A with good fit indices for the four factors of help-seeking efficacy, stigma, knowledge of mental health, and knowledge of mental illness. Moreover, adequate reliability, convergent and divergent validity were demonstrated.

Conclusion: This evaluation of the UMHL-A enables theoretically grounded and psychometrically validated measurement of MHL with Australian adolescents. The UMHL-A has widespread application in research and practice, for clinicians, schools, mental health services and government policies.

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澳大利亚对青少年普遍心理健康素养量表的验证。

目的：了解和提高澳大利亚青少年的心理健康素养（MHL），以支持其心理健康求助。需要采取MHL措施来确定MHL需求并评估MHL干预措施；然而，一种标准化的MHL测量方法尚未对澳大利亚青少年进行验证。本研究旨在验证澳大利亚青少年普遍心理健康素养量表（UMHL-A）。方法：参与者通过一家全国性招聘公司招募，包括402名15至18岁的澳大利亚青年。首先，通过验证性因子分析对UMHL-A的因子结构进行评价。其次，通过内部一致性和项目总分信度评估信度。最后对收敛效度和发散效度进行了评价。结果：验证性因子分析验证了UMHL-A的结构，对求助效果、病耻感、心理健康知识和精神疾病知识四个因素的拟合指标均较好。此外，该方法具有足够的信度、收敛效度和发散效度。结论：对UMHL-A的评估使澳大利亚青少年的MHL测量具有理论基础和心理测量学上的有效性。UMHL-A在临床医生、学校、精神卫生服务和政府政策的研究和实践中得到广泛应用。

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Australian Journal of Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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