Department of Health Promotion, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Biomed Res Int. 2022 May 18;2022:7210221. doi: 10.1155/2022/7210221. eCollection 2022.
Mental Health Literacy (MHL) is an important factor in promoting mental health. Assessing this structure is required for early recognition and intervention in mental health problems. To date, there was no tool to assess it among Iranian adolescents, so this study was aimed at examining the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Adolescent Mental Health Literacy Questionnaire (AMHLQ) among Iranian female students.
The study instrument was a Persian version of the AMHLQ prepared through a translation and back-translation process. In this cross-sectional study, 275 female students completed the AMHLQ, and the Adolescent Strengths, and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ).
Findings of content, construct validity tests, Cronbach's alpha, and split-half coefficient demonstrated that the AMHLQ had satisfactory validity and suitable reliability. The exploratory factor analysis showed four dimensions of the AMHLQ: (1) knowledge of mental health problems ( = 0.89); (2) erroneous beliefs/stereotypes ( = 0.89); (3) help-seeking and first aid skills ( = 0.86); and (4) self-help strategies ( = 0.74).
The findings showed that the tool was confirmed by questions and subscales, and this questionnaire was a valid and reliable tool in assessing level differences of MHL and in determining the impact of programs designed to improve MHL in Iranian female adolescents.
心理健康素养（MHL）是促进心理健康的一个重要因素。评估这一结构对于早期识别和干预心理健康问题是必要的。迄今为止，还没有针对伊朗青少年的评估工具，因此本研究旨在检验伊朗女学生中青少年心理健康素养问卷（AMHLQ）的波斯语版本的心理测量特性。
研究工具是通过翻译和回译过程准备的 AMHLQ 的波斯语版本。在这项横断面研究中，275 名女学生完成了 AMHLQ 和青少年力量与困难问卷（SDQ）。
内容、结构有效性测试、克朗巴赫的阿尔法和半分系数的发现表明，AMHLQ 具有令人满意的有效性和适当的可靠性。探索性因素分析显示 AMHLQ 的四个维度：（1）心理健康问题的知识（=0.89）；（2）错误信念/刻板印象（=0.89）；（3）寻求帮助和急救技能（=0.86）；和（4）自助策略（=0.74）。
研究结果表明，该工具通过问题和子量表得到了证实，该问卷是评估伊朗女青少年 MHL 水平差异和确定旨在提高 MHL 的方案影响的有效可靠工具。
