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Development and Validation of the EspaiJove.net Mental Health Literacy (EMHL) Test for Spanish Adolescents
There is evidence of the effectiveness of implementing mental health literacy (MHL) programs. However, there are substantial limitations in the instruments available for measuring MHL. This study aimed to develop and validate the EspaiJove.net MHL test (EMHL) for Spanish adolescents by assessing its...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6981384/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31861841 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010072 |
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author | Castellvi, Pere Casañas, Rocío Arfuch, Victoria-Mailen Gil Moreno, Juan José Torres Torres, María García-Forero, Carlos Ruiz-Castañeda, Dyanne Alonso, Jordi Lalucat-Jo, Lluís |
author_facet | Castellvi, Pere Casañas, Rocío Arfuch, Victoria-Mailen Gil Moreno, Juan José Torres Torres, María García-Forero, Carlos Ruiz-Castañeda, Dyanne Alonso, Jordi Lalucat-Jo, Lluís |
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description | There is evidence of the effectiveness of implementing mental health literacy (MHL) programs. However, there are substantial limitations in the instruments available for measuring MHL. This study aimed to develop and validate the EspaiJove.net MHL test (EMHL) for Spanish adolescents by assessing its psychometric properties. The development of the EMHL test was conducted using item pool generation and a pilot study. A convenience sample of students aged 13–15 years (n = 355) participated in the validity study. Reliability was assessed for internal consistency and via test-retest. Convergent validity was evaluated by comparing the effect sizes among known groups with different levels of mental health knowledge, the correlation with mental health-related instruments, and the item discrimination index. A final version of a 35-item EMHL test was obtained with two parts: (i) a binary choice format (yes/no) for the identification of mental disorders; (ii) a multiple choice question with four possible answer options. Internal consistency was acceptable in the first part (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.744; Guttman’s lambda 2 = 0.773) and almost acceptable in the second part (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.615; Guttman’s lambda 2 = 0.643). The test-retest evaluation supported the stability of the test (first part, ICC = 0.578; second part, ICC = 0.422). No ceiling and floor effects were found. The EMHL test scores discriminated between known groups with different levels of mental health knowledge and it is associated with several-related constructs of MHL. Conclusions: The EMHL test is a relevant measure for assessing MHL in adolescents into Spanish context with acceptable validity and stability. |
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spelling | pubmed-69813842020-02-07 Development and Validation of the EspaiJove.net Mental Health Literacy (EMHL) Test for Spanish Adolescents Castellvi, Pere Casañas, Rocío Arfuch, Victoria-Mailen Gil Moreno, Juan José Torres Torres, María García-Forero, Carlos Ruiz-Castañeda, Dyanne Alonso, Jordi Lalucat-Jo, Lluís Int J Environ Res Public Health Article There is evidence of the effectiveness of implementing mental health literacy (MHL) programs. However, there are substantial limitations in the instruments available for measuring MHL. This study aimed to develop and validate the EspaiJove.net MHL test (EMHL) for Spanish adolescents by assessing its psychometric properties. The development of the EMHL test was conducted using item pool generation and a pilot study. A convenience sample of students aged 13–15 years (n = 355) participated in the validity study. Reliability was assessed for internal consistency and via test-retest. Convergent validity was evaluated by comparing the effect sizes among known groups with different levels of mental health knowledge, the correlation with mental health-related instruments, and the item discrimination index. A final version of a 35-item EMHL test was obtained with two parts: (i) a binary choice format (yes/no) for the identification of mental disorders; (ii) a multiple choice question with four possible answer options. Internal consistency was acceptable in the first part (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.744; Guttman’s lambda 2 = 0.773) and almost acceptable in the second part (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.615; Guttman’s lambda 2 = 0.643). The test-retest evaluation supported the stability of the test (first part, ICC = 0.578; second part, ICC = 0.422). No ceiling and floor effects were found. The EMHL test scores discriminated between known groups with different levels of mental health knowledge and it is associated with several-related constructs of MHL. Conclusions: The EMHL test is a relevant measure for assessing MHL in adolescents into Spanish context with acceptable validity and stability. MDPI 2019-12-20 2020-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6981384/ /pubmed/31861841 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010072 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Castellvi, Pere Casañas, Rocío Arfuch, Victoria-Mailen Gil Moreno, Juan José Torres Torres, María García-Forero, Carlos Ruiz-Castañeda, Dyanne Alonso, Jordi Lalucat-Jo, Lluís Development and Validation of the EspaiJove.net Mental Health Literacy (EMHL) Test for Spanish Adolescents |
title | Development and Validation of the EspaiJove.net Mental Health Literacy (EMHL) Test for Spanish Adolescents |
title_full | Development and Validation of the EspaiJove.net Mental Health Literacy (EMHL) Test for Spanish Adolescents |
title_fullStr | Development and Validation of the EspaiJove.net Mental Health Literacy (EMHL) Test for Spanish Adolescents |
title_full_unstemmed | Development and Validation of the EspaiJove.net Mental Health Literacy (EMHL) Test for Spanish Adolescents |
title_short | Development and Validation of the EspaiJove.net Mental Health Literacy (EMHL) Test for Spanish Adolescents |
title_sort | development and validation of the espaijove.net mental health literacy (emhl) test for spanish adolescents |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6981384/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31861841 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010072 |
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