A Systematic Review of Mental Health Literacy Measures for Children and Adolescents

IF 4.7 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL Adolescent Research Review Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI:10.1007/s40894-022-00202-8

Matej Kucera, Hana Tomaskova, Marek Stodola, Anna Kagstrom

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Mental health literacy is an essential part of preventing mental illnesses. However, the quality of mental health literacy measures remain unknown, as does its universality across various settings and populations. Few studies focus on measures aimed at assessing mental health literacy of children and adolescents that covers knowledge about mental health and mental disorders, strategies to decrease stigma, and enhancement of help-seeking efficacy. The present study aimed to conduct a systematic search to find available measures of mental health literacy of children and adolescents under the age of 19 years. The following databases were searched: Web of Science, PubMed, PsycINFO, MEDLINE, ERIC and CINAHL Plus. COSMIN checklist was applied to assess the methodological quality of each study. Twenty-one mental health literacy measures were identified in 18 studies. The quality of the studies ranged between very good and inadequate. Sixteen measures were universal, implying that they were not diagnostic specific. Two measures scored a full score of four on mental health literacy comprehensiveness. This review revealed that the overall quality of the measurement properties was mixed, that there are limited measures available to evaluate non-diagnostic-specific mental health literacy in universal populations of children and adolescents, and that measures fail to cover key mental health literacy components of knowledge of mental health, illness, stigma, and help-seeking. New measures should be developed to cover this gap in the field of child and adolescent mental health.

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儿童和青少年心理健康素养措施的系统评价

心理健康知识是预防精神疾病的重要组成部分。然而，心理健康扫盲措施的质量仍然未知，其在各种环境和人群中的普遍性也是未知的。很少有研究关注旨在评估儿童和青少年心理健康素养的措施，包括心理健康和心理障碍的知识、消除污名的策略以及提高求助效果。本研究旨在进行系统的搜索，以寻找19岁以下儿童和青少年心理健康素养的可用衡量标准。检索到以下数据库：Web of Science、PubMed、PsycINFO、MEDLINE、ERIC和CINAHL Plus。COSMIN检查表用于评估每项研究的方法学质量。在18项研究中确定了21项心理健康扫盲措施。研究的质量介于非常好和不足之间。16项指标具有普遍性，这意味着它们不是针对诊断的。两项测量在心理健康文献综合性方面获得满分四分。这篇综述表明，测量属性的总体质量参差不齐，评估大学儿童和青少年群体中非诊断性特定心理健康素养的可用措施有限，而且这些措施未能涵盖心理健康、疾病、污名和求助知识的关键心理健康素养组成部分。应该制定新的措施来弥补儿童和青少年心理健康领域的这一差距。

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期刊介绍： Adolescent Research Review publishes articles that review important contributions to the understanding of adolescence. The Review draws from the many subdisciplines of developmental science, psychological science, education, criminology, public health, medicine, social work, and other allied disciplines that address the subject of youth and adolescence. The editors are especially interested in articles that bridge gaps between disciplines or that focus on topics that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries. Reviews must be cutting edge and comprehensive in the way they advance science, practice or policy relating to adolescents.