Expanding a measure of mental health literacy: Development and validation of a multicomponent mental health literacy measure

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 243, Issue , 2016, Pages 278-286

  Jung, Hyejin ^a,b   von Sternberg, Kirk ^a   Davis, King ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Eearly intervention; Help seeking; Mental health care; Mental health education; Public housing; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; TEXAS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUBLIC HOUSING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXAS;

EID: 84978919940     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.06.034     Document Type: Article

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