Hanne Nissen Bjørnsen|Mary?Elizabeth Bradley Eilertsen|Regine Ringdal|Geir Arild Espnes|Unni Karin Moksnes
Positive mental health literacy: development and validation of a measure among Norwegian adolescents
Norwegian University of Science and Technology|Norwegian University of Science and Technology|Norwegian University of Science and Technology|Norwegian University of Science and Technology|Norwegian University of Science and Technology
mental health literacy mhl knowledge abilities necessary benefit mental health significant determinant mental health potential benefit individual public mental health mhl measures traditionally focused knowledge beliefs mental illhealth rather mental health measures mhl addressing knowledge good positive mental health identified aim study aimed develop validate instrument measuring adolescents knowledge obtain maintain good mental health evaluate psychometric properties instrument specifically factor structure internal construct validity testretest reliability assessed participants norwegian upper secondary school students aged 1521 years development validation instrument entailed three phases 1 item generation based basic psychological needs theory bpnt focus group interviews narrative literature review 2 pilot study n 479 3 testretest n 149 knowngroups validity n 44 scale construction item reduction principal component analysis pca confirmatory factor analysis cfa factor structure psychometric properties assessment n 1888 thirtytwo items initially generated 15 selected pilot study pca identified crossloadings onefactor solution examined removing five problematic items cfa yielded satisfactory fit 10item onefactor model referred mental healthpromoting knowledge mhpk10 measure testretest evaluation supported stability measure mcdonalds omega 084 knowngroups validity test indicated good construct validity valid reliable onedimensional instrument measuring knowledge factors promoting good mental health among adolescents developed instrument potential complement current measures mhl may useful planning mental health promotion activities evaluating public mental health education initiatives adolescents