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KMID : 1151020190470020035
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Mental Health & Social Work
2019 Volume.47 No. 2 p.35 ~ p.66
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A Validation Study on the Korean Version of Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS-K) in a Sample of University Students
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Kim Hee-Chul
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Abstract
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“Mental Health Literacy” has been identified as a crucial factor for increasing the possibility for the early intervention and mental health help-seeking. However, there had been no scale-based measurement comprehensively measuring all components of mental health literacy (Jorm et al., 1997) until Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS: O’Connor & Casey, 2015) was developed. The purpose of this study is to validate the Korean version of MHLS (MHLS-K). A total of 305 university students participated in the survey and the result of exploratory factor analysis showed that the Korean version of MHLS was composed of 4 factors including “attitudes toward people with mental illness”, “help-seeking efficacy”, “recognition of disorders”, and “knowledge of mental illnesses and mental health services” 4-factor structure of MHLS-K was confirmed through confirmatory factor analysis with very good model fit indices. The reliability analysis and the results of analyses for examining convergent validity and known-group validity revealed MHLS-K was a reliable and valid measure. Finally, implications for social work practice and research are provided and limitations of the study are discussed.
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KEYWORD
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mental health literacy, MHLS-K, reliability, validity, factor analysis, university students
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