Hussain Darraj|Mohamed Salih Mahfouz|Rashad Mohamed Al Sanosi|Mohammed Badedi|Abdullah Sabai|Abdulrahman Al Refaei|Hussain Mutawm
Arabic Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Depression Literacy Questionnaire among Adolescents
Jazan University|Ministry of Health|Jazan University|Jazan University|Jazan University|Ministry of Health|Jazan University|Ministry of Health|Jazan University|Ministry of Education|King Khalid University
background depression serious mental health disease globally estimated almost 350 million people suffer depression important assess depression literacy including knowledge beliefs mental disorders among adolescents objective study conducted validate arabic version depression literacy questionnaire dlit among adolescents methods crosssectional study conducted among sample size 120 adolescents statistical analysis included face validation confirmatory factor analysis reliability testing testretest carried within twoweek interval results mean score depression literacy among participants 86 sd 448 median 8 interquartile range 7 preliminary construct validation analysis confirmed factor analysis appropriate arabic version dlit total internal consistency measured cronbachs alpha coefficient splithalf test results 078 071 respectively testretest reliability measured pearsons correlation 092 spearman rho equal 091 conclusions face validity construct validity reliability analysis found satisfactory arabic version dlit arabic dlit found valid reliable used future studies