Development and Psychometric Evaluation of a Measure of Mental Health Literacy in Parents of Adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parents play an essential role in helping an adolescent who has a mental health concern; however, there are no measures of parental mental health literacy for parents of adolescents. Few measures of mental health literacy assess the underlying components of the construct, and measures that assess facets of mental health literacy in parents are limited in psychometric quality.

Objective

To develop and psychometrically evaluate a theoretically informed measure of parental mental health literacy, the Parental Mental Health Literacy (ParM-Lit) scale.

Method

The ParM-Lit was developed through the generation of items across key domains, expert review of items, and parental feedback. Parents of adolescents (N = 698) completed an online survey including the ParM-Li

SUBMITTER: Gagnon MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12435354 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature