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Mental health awareness of secondary schools students: Mediating roles of knowledge on mental health, knowledge on professional help, and attitude towards mental health.
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- Modifiable predictors of mental health literacy in the educational context: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychology · 2024Pooled it
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- The role of digital mental health resources in encouraging help-seeking: A qualitative study of university students' experiences.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- Bridging understanding and practice: School community perspectives on mental health in schools in Indonesia.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- The development and use of chatbots in enhancing health care access for underserved and vulnerable populations: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Perspectives on Accessing Mental Health Supports for Youth Living With Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms After a Solid Organ Transplant.Pediatric transplantation · 2025Article
- The influence of physical activity on the mental health of high school students: the chain mediating effects of social support and self-esteem.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Enhancing medical student training during psychiatry clerkship through a school-based mental health approach: a qualitative study.Korean journal of medical education · 2025Article
- Gender-specific differences in mental health literacy and influencing factors among residents in Foshan City, China: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Exploring mental health literacy among prospective university students using GIS techniques in Bangladesh: an exploratory study.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- Suicide stigma and suicide literacy among Bangladeshi young adults: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
Purpose: The mental health situation among adolescents in Malaysia has reached a worrying state with the rising number of cases. Despite a significant increase in the literature on mental health, there is a lack of studies that focused on mental health awareness. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the factors affecting Malaysian youth's mental health awareness as well as the mediating roles of knowledge on mental health, knowledge on professional help, and attitude towards mental health. Methods: Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to 450 secondary school students aged 15-19 years old in Kuala Lumpur and Melaka who were recruited via purposive sampling. Data analysis was performed using SPSS and SmartPLS to obtain the descriptive analysis, measurement model, and structural model. Results: The results indicated that mental health awareness was influenced by knowledge on mental health and attitude towards mental health. The findings also revealed that familiarity and media exposure were important determinants of knowledge on mental health, knowledge on professional help, and attitude towards mental health. Moreover, the results indicated that knowledge on mental health positively mediated the relationship between media exposure and mental health awareness. Besides, attitude towards mental health also found to play mediating roles between familiarity and mental health awareness, as well as between media exposure and mental health awareness. Conclusion: This study contributed important knowledge to the limited literature in this contemporary domain. An effective public mental health campaign is needed to reduce the burden of disease and the cost of mental illness.
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