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The Determinants of Mental Health Literacy among Young Adolescents in Malaysia
Mental health literacy (MHL) is an established multifaceted concept that comprises mental health knowledge, help-seeking, and stigma. Adequate MHL (i.e., the ability to correctly recognize mental health disorders alongside having the intention to seek help) is able improve mental health outcomes amo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8953899/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35328930 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063242 |
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author | Singh, Sarbhan Zaki, Rafdzah Ahmad Farid, Nik Daliana Nik Kaur, Kushilpal |
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description | Mental health literacy (MHL) is an established multifaceted concept that comprises mental health knowledge, help-seeking, and stigma. Adequate MHL (i.e., the ability to correctly recognize mental health disorders alongside having the intention to seek help) is able improve mental health outcomes among individuals. This study aims to examine the determinants of MHL among young Malaysian adolescents. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1400 adolescents between 13 and 14 years old from nine national secondary schools in Selangor state, Malaysia. Sociodemographic determinants assessed included gender, age, ethnicity, smoking status, alcohol consumption, history of being bullied, feeling lonely, parental marital status, and parental income which were assessed using the Global School Based Student Health Survey. MHL was assessed using the Mental Health Literacy and Stigma questionnaire. Several factors were significantly associated with adequate levels of MHL following multivariate analysis, such as being female (AOR = 1.68; 95% CI 1.12, 2.52), older adolescents (AOR = 1.56; 95% CI 1.07, 2.30), not smoking (AOR = 1.99; 95% CI 1.20, 4.26), not consuming alcohol (AOR = 1.23; 95% CI 1.18, 2.41), and not feeling lonely (AOR = 1.25; 95% CI 1.06, 1.85). Addressing these determinants could be key in assisting the development of policies and programs to prevent mental health disorders among adolescents, which are currently on the rise. |
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spelling | pubmed-89538992022-03-26 The Determinants of Mental Health Literacy among Young Adolescents in Malaysia Singh, Sarbhan Zaki, Rafdzah Ahmad Farid, Nik Daliana Nik Kaur, Kushilpal Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Mental health literacy (MHL) is an established multifaceted concept that comprises mental health knowledge, help-seeking, and stigma. Adequate MHL (i.e., the ability to correctly recognize mental health disorders alongside having the intention to seek help) is able improve mental health outcomes among individuals. This study aims to examine the determinants of MHL among young Malaysian adolescents. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1400 adolescents between 13 and 14 years old from nine national secondary schools in Selangor state, Malaysia. Sociodemographic determinants assessed included gender, age, ethnicity, smoking status, alcohol consumption, history of being bullied, feeling lonely, parental marital status, and parental income which were assessed using the Global School Based Student Health Survey. MHL was assessed using the Mental Health Literacy and Stigma questionnaire. Several factors were significantly associated with adequate levels of MHL following multivariate analysis, such as being female (AOR = 1.68; 95% CI 1.12, 2.52), older adolescents (AOR = 1.56; 95% CI 1.07, 2.30), not smoking (AOR = 1.99; 95% CI 1.20, 4.26), not consuming alcohol (AOR = 1.23; 95% CI 1.18, 2.41), and not feeling lonely (AOR = 1.25; 95% CI 1.06, 1.85). Addressing these determinants could be key in assisting the development of policies and programs to prevent mental health disorders among adolescents, which are currently on the rise. MDPI 2022-03-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8953899/ /pubmed/35328930 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063242 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Singh, Sarbhan Zaki, Rafdzah Ahmad Farid, Nik Daliana Nik Kaur, Kushilpal The Determinants of Mental Health Literacy among Young Adolescents in Malaysia |
title | The Determinants of Mental Health Literacy among Young Adolescents in Malaysia |
title_full | The Determinants of Mental Health Literacy among Young Adolescents in Malaysia |
title_fullStr | The Determinants of Mental Health Literacy among Young Adolescents in Malaysia |
title_full_unstemmed | The Determinants of Mental Health Literacy among Young Adolescents in Malaysia |
title_short | The Determinants of Mental Health Literacy among Young Adolescents in Malaysia |
title_sort | determinants of mental health literacy among young adolescents in malaysia |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8953899/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35328930 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063242 |
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