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Mental Health Literacy and Positive Mental Health in Adolescents: A Correlational Study
This study aimed to assess adolescents′ Mental Health Literacy (MHL) level, Positive Mental Health (PMH) level, the association between sociodemographic variables and the MHL and PMH levels, and the relationship between adolescent′s MHL and PMH levels. A quantitative, cross-sectional, correlational...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9266633/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35805824 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138165 |
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author | Nobre, Joana Calha, António Luis, Henrique Oliveira, Ana Paula Monteiro, Francisco Ferré-Grau, Carme Sequeira, Carlos |
author_facet | Nobre, Joana Calha, António Luis, Henrique Oliveira, Ana Paula Monteiro, Francisco Ferré-Grau, Carme Sequeira, Carlos |
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description | This study aimed to assess adolescents′ Mental Health Literacy (MHL) level, Positive Mental Health (PMH) level, the association between sociodemographic variables and the MHL and PMH levels, and the relationship between adolescent′s MHL and PMH levels. A quantitative, cross-sectional, correlational study was conducted with a convenience sample of 260 adolescents studying in the 5th to 12th years of school. The Mental Health Knowledge Questionnaire, the Mental Health-Promoting Knowledge, and the Positive Mental Health Questionnaire were used for data collection. Most of the adolescents were female (55.8%) with a mean age of 14.07 years. The participants showed good levels of MHL (MHKQ). The participants showed good levels of MHL (MHKQ [Formula: see text] = 60.03; MHPK-10 [Formula: see text] = 4.49) and high levels of PMH ([Formula: see text] = 128.25). The adolescents with higher levels of MHL were the oldest, in a higher year of school, female, those whose mothers are employed, those who have healthy eating habits, and those who have a better body image self-perception. Adolescents in a lower year of school, with adequate sleep habits, who spend fewer hours a day in front of a screen or online, and who have a better self-perception of mental and physical health and body image were the ones with higher PMH levels. These findings suggest the need to implement experimental or quasi-experimental studies to ascertain the effectiveness of interventions that promote adolescents′ positive mental health literacy. |
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spelling | pubmed-92666332022-07-09 Mental Health Literacy and Positive Mental Health in Adolescents: A Correlational Study Nobre, Joana Calha, António Luis, Henrique Oliveira, Ana Paula Monteiro, Francisco Ferré-Grau, Carme Sequeira, Carlos Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study aimed to assess adolescents′ Mental Health Literacy (MHL) level, Positive Mental Health (PMH) level, the association between sociodemographic variables and the MHL and PMH levels, and the relationship between adolescent′s MHL and PMH levels. A quantitative, cross-sectional, correlational study was conducted with a convenience sample of 260 adolescents studying in the 5th to 12th years of school. The Mental Health Knowledge Questionnaire, the Mental Health-Promoting Knowledge, and the Positive Mental Health Questionnaire were used for data collection. Most of the adolescents were female (55.8%) with a mean age of 14.07 years. The participants showed good levels of MHL (MHKQ). The participants showed good levels of MHL (MHKQ [Formula: see text] = 60.03; MHPK-10 [Formula: see text] = 4.49) and high levels of PMH ([Formula: see text] = 128.25). The adolescents with higher levels of MHL were the oldest, in a higher year of school, female, those whose mothers are employed, those who have healthy eating habits, and those who have a better body image self-perception. Adolescents in a lower year of school, with adequate sleep habits, who spend fewer hours a day in front of a screen or online, and who have a better self-perception of mental and physical health and body image were the ones with higher PMH levels. These findings suggest the need to implement experimental or quasi-experimental studies to ascertain the effectiveness of interventions that promote adolescents′ positive mental health literacy. MDPI 2022-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9266633/ /pubmed/35805824 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138165 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 Nobre, Joana Calha, António Luis, Henrique Oliveira, Ana Paula Monteiro, Francisco Ferré-Grau, Carme Sequeira, Carlos Mental Health Literacy and Positive Mental Health in Adolescents: A Correlational Study |
title | Mental Health Literacy and Positive Mental Health in Adolescents: A Correlational Study |
title_full | Mental Health Literacy and Positive Mental Health in Adolescents: A Correlational Study |
title_fullStr | Mental Health Literacy and Positive Mental Health in Adolescents: A Correlational Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Mental Health Literacy and Positive Mental Health in Adolescents: A Correlational Study |
title_short | Mental Health Literacy and Positive Mental Health in Adolescents: A Correlational Study |
title_sort | mental health literacy and positive mental health in adolescents: a correlational study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9266633/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35805824 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138165 |
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