Princess Salma Faculty of Nursing, Al-Albayt University, Mafraq, Jordan.
Faculty of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
J Child Adolesc Psychiatr Nurs. 2021 Feb;34(1):57-67. doi: 10.1111/jcap.12301. Epub 2020 Dec 11.
Examine secondary school students' knowledge and attitude about mental health, mental health problems, and interacting with people with mental health problems.
A survey was carried out with 500 students in secondary schools in the northern area of Jordan.
A variance in knowledge and attitude was predicted by the regression model. Family income, having a family member with a mental disorder, and experience with people with mental health problems were the major predictors of knowledge about and attitude toward interacting with people with mental health problems.
The results indicate that secondary school students have low knowledge about mental health problems and people with mental health problems. Moreover, they have a negative attitude toward interacting with people with mental health problems. Hence, there is a strong need to better educate young people about mental health and the diverse types of mental health problems that exist, as well as to help them to develop a more constructive and appropriate attitude.
Improving the scope of the school curriculum on topics relating to people with mental health problems would help students to make more objective evaluations of people with mental health problems.
调查中学生对心理健康、心理健康问题以及与心理健康问题患者互动的知识和态度。
对约旦北部地区 500 名中学生进行了调查。
回归模型预测了知识和态度的差异。家庭收入、有精神障碍的家庭成员以及与心理健康问题患者的接触经历是对心理健康问题知识和与心理健康问题患者互动态度的主要预测因素。
结果表明，中学生对心理健康问题和心理健康问题患者的知识水平较低，对与心理健康问题患者互动的态度消极。因此，非常有必要加强对年轻人进行心理健康和存在的各种心理健康问题的教育，帮助他们培养更具建设性和适当的态度。
改善与心理健康问题患者相关主题的学校课程范围将有助于学生对心理健康问题患者做出更客观的评价。
