Building a mental health literacy model and verbal scale for children: Results of a Delphi study

Justine Bale, Christine Grové and Shane Costello

Children and Youth Services Review, 2020, vol. 109, issue C

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to inform the development of an open-ended and verbally administered Mental Health Literacy (MHL) scale and a model for children aged 8–12. There are no established MHL frameworks for children this age. There is also a paucity of scales that measure MHL learning in an inclusive manner which often are implemented in written format only. Therefore, this paper will explore: (1) experts opinions on children’s MHL needs, and (2) obtain expert consensus regarding a pool of items to measure children’s MHL and (3) establish a new MHL child focused model. Experts in the study were psychologists, teachers, and researchers/academics who have experience working with children.

Keywords: Children; Mental health literacy; Scale; Prevention; Help-seeking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104667

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