John S Briney, Eric C Brown, Margaret R Kuklinski, Sabrina Oesterle, J David Hawkins
Testing the Question-Behavior Effect of Self-Administered Surveys Measuring Youth Drug Use
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
secondary school students risk mental health problems especially nowadays face increase mental health issues among adolescents general population mental health literacy mhl helpseeking behavior considered protective factors however lack data levels mhl secondary school students mhl developed schools correlational comparative study designed investigate mental health literacy mhl helpseeking behavior among secondary school students slovakia convenient sample 250 slovak secondary school students responded anonymous online survey consisting two scales mental health literacy scale selfstigma seeking help significant differences mental health literacy t248 556 p 00 stigma seeking help t248 433 p 001 observed students general vocational secondary school students general secondary school attended optional psychology courses highest scores mental health literacy u 987 p 0003 preliminary findings showed secondary students higher level mental health literacy reported lower level selfstigmatization related seeking professional mental health help r 0339 p 001 implementing mental health education secondary school curricula potentially help increase mental health literacy decrease selfstigma seeking help