Gagnon Michelle M, Prokop Diane S, Spurr Victoria A, Cummings Jorden A
University of Saskatchewan, Department of Psychology and Health Studies.
J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2025 Aug;34(2):33-44. Epub 2025 Aug 1.
Parents play an essential role in helping an adolescent who has a mental health concern; however, there are no measures of parental mental health literacy for parents of adolescents. Few measures of mental health literacy assess the underlying components of the construct, and measures that assess facets of mental health literacy in parents are limited in psychometric quality.
To develop and psychometrically evaluate a theoretically informed measure of parental mental health literacy, the Parental Mental Health Literacy (ParM-Lit) scale.
The ParM-Lit was developed through the generation of items across key domains, expert review of items, and parental feedback. Parents of adolescents (N = 698) completed an online survey including the ParM-Lit and measures of parental attitudes toward help-seeking and knowledge of mental health disorders.
Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported a 4- and 5-factor model; however, a 31-item, 4-factor model showed slightly superior fit. Internal consistency of the overall ParM-Lit scale was very good (α = .89), and test-retest reliability was moderate (ICC = .68; 95% CI = .61-.75). The ParM-Lit was strongly associated with parental attitudes towards help-seeking and moderately associated with knowledge of mental health disorders.
The ParM-Lit is the first measure of parental mental health literacy, and our findings support its psychometric properties. This final 31-item measure holds promise for advancing measurement of parental mental health literacy in clinical and research settings.
父母在帮助有心理健康问题的青少年方面起着至关重要的作用；然而，目前尚无针对青少年父母的心理健康素养衡量指标。很少有心理健康素养衡量指标能评估该概念的潜在组成部分，且评估父母心理健康素养方面的指标在心理测量质量上存在局限性。
开发并从心理测量学角度评估一种基于理论的父母心理健康素养衡量指标——父母心理健康素养（ParM-Lit）量表。
通过在关键领域生成条目、专家对条目进行评审以及父母反馈来开发ParM-Lit量表。青少年的父母（N = 698）完成了一项在线调查，其中包括ParM-Lit量表以及父母对寻求帮助的态度和心理健康障碍知识的测量。
探索性和验证性因素分析支持了一个4因素和5因素模型；然而，一个包含31个条目的4因素模型显示拟合度略优。ParM-Lit量表总体的内部一致性非常好（α = .89），重测信度中等（ICC = .68；95% CI = .61-.75）。ParM-Lit量表与父母对寻求帮助的态度密切相关，与心理健康障碍知识中度相关。
ParM-Lit量表是首个父母心理健康素养衡量指标，我们的研究结果支持其心理测量学特性。这个最终的包含31个条目的量表有望在临床和研究环境中推进对父母心理健康素养的测量。
