Tobias Rahm, Nicole Oberlehberg, Axel Mayer
Teaching happiness to students - implementation and evaluation of a program aiming at promoting wellbeing in elementary schools
Frontiers in psychology
purpose study assess emental health literacy parents preschool children explore relationships emental health literacy skills knowledge common child mental health disorders child difficulties online survey data collected using mechanical turk mturk parents preschool children completed questionnaires related internetbased mental health information seeking behavior knowledge common child mental health disorders using case vignettes child difficulties data analyzed using descriptive statistical methods emental health literacy parents high knowledge child mental health disorders low 14 parents correctly identified three disorders 411 identified attention deficit hyperactivity disorder adhd 649 recognized autism spectrum disorder asd 191 identified separation anxiety disorder sad parents high emental health literacy 30 likely endorse professional help seek information manage problem behaviors three disorders parents low emental health literacy 30 likely child high risk mental health disorder findings used inform educational initiatives use online resources recognition child mental health disorders promote early intervention appropriate help seeking