The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Mental Health First Aid Australia, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Assessment. 2023 Jul;30(5):1486-1498. doi: 10.1177/10731911221106767. Epub 2022 Jun 25.
Mental health first aid (MHFA) courses teach community members the knowledge and skills needed to recognize and respond to mental health problems until professional help is received or the crisis resolves. This study aimed to develop a reliable and valid measure of MHFA behaviors. A pool of actions that were recommended and not recommended were selected from MHFA guidelines and developed into two scales measuring either intended or provided support. Items were tested with a sample of 697 adults. Item response theory guided the selection of final items. The Mental Health Support Scale (MHSS) Intended version has 23 items across two subscales and the MHSS-Provided has 12 items across two subscales. These scales demonstrated convergent validity, discrimination between respondents with and without MHFA expertise, and acceptable measurement precision across a range of skill levels. Overall, findings suggest that the MHSS is a valid and useful measure of MHFA behaviors.
心理健康急救（MHFA）课程教授社区成员识别和应对心理健康问题所需的知识和技能，直到获得专业帮助或危机解决。本研究旨在开发一种可靠和有效的心理健康急救行为衡量标准。从 MHFA 指南中选择了推荐和不推荐的一系列行动，并将其发展为两个衡量旨在提供或提供支持的量表。用 697 名成年人的样本测试了这些项目。项目反应理论指导了最终项目的选择。心理健康支持量表（MHSS）的预期版本有 23 个项目，分为两个分量表，提供的 MHSS 有 12 个项目，分为两个分量表。这些量表表现出收敛效度、在有和没有心理健康急救专业知识的受访者之间的区分度，以及在一系列技能水平上的可接受的测量精度。总的来说，研究结果表明，MHSS 是衡量心理健康急救行为的一种有效和有用的方法。
