Mental health literacy of secondary school students and its influencing factors
Objective To investigate secondary school students' mental health literacy and related influencing fac-tors.Methods The convenient sampling was used to conduct a survey of 6322 secondary school students from 11 cities/regions of Shandong and Henan Province.The demographic information,family characteristics,personal physical and mental health status,personality traits,and social interactions,were collected with a selp-designed questionnaire.Mental health literacy questionnaire was used to assess the mental health literacy.Chi-square tests and multi-variate logistic regression were made to analyse influencing factors for mental health literacy among secondary school students.Results The high-scoring groups for knowledge,behavior,and awareness of psychological health literacy among second-ary school students accounted for 56.78%(3589/6322×100%),50.54%(3195/6322×100%),and 73.71%(4666/6322×100%),respectively.Being an only child,grade level,mother's education level,psychological health level,experi-ence with psychological therapy,frequent mood fluctuations,insomnia in the past month,and frequency of communication with family and friends were identified as influencing factors on the psychological health literacy of middle school students(P<0.05).Conclusions Although the level of mental health behaviors of secondary school students was low,the men-tal health literacy level was in the upper-middle level.Gender,grade,parental education level,physical and mental health status,and social interaction status have affected the mental health literacy of middle school students.Targeted and effec-tive interventions should be established to enhance mental health literacy of middle school students.
Secondary school studentsMental health literacyMental health knowledgeMental health behaviorMental health awareness
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