{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13"],"submitter":["Tan YB"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Introduction</h4>Knowledge about the causes of mental illness is a crucial component of mental health literacy. Poor understanding of the etiology of mental illness can lead to stigmatizing behaviors and hinder access to appropriate help. The current cross-sectional study examined the general population's causal beliefs about seven mental illnesses and explored the factor structure of the revised causal beliefs scale.<h4>Methods</h4>Four thousand one hundred ninety-five respondents were randomly assigned a vignette and were asked questions on their recognition of the mental illness depicted, causal beliefs, and prior experience related to the mental illness (similar problems, had a mental health-related job or family and friends with similar problems). Exploratory and confirmatory fact"],"journal":["Frontiers in public health"],"pagination":["1612820"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12283601"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Factor structure and predictors of causal beliefs about seven mental illnesses among the Singapore general population."],"pmcid":["PMC12283601"],"pubmed_authors":["Gunasekaran S","Shahwan S","Poh P","Lim BWZ","Ong WJ","Tan YB","Abdin E","Tay EH","Schomerus G","Chong SA","Subramaniam M","Shafie S","Tan BCW"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Factor structure and predictors of causal beliefs about seven mental illnesses among the Singapore general population.","description":"<h4>Introduction</h4>Knowledge about the causes of mental illness is a crucial component of mental health literacy. Poor understanding of the etiology of mental illness can lead to stigmatizing behaviors and hinder access to appropriate help. The current cross-sectional study examined the general population's causal beliefs about seven mental illnesses and explored the factor structure of the revised causal beliefs scale.<h4>Methods</h4>Four thousand one hundred ninety-five respondents were randomly assigned a vignette and were asked questions on their recognition of the mental illness depicted, causal beliefs, and prior experience related to the mental illness (similar problems, had a mental health-related job or family and friends with similar problems). Exploratory and confirmatory fact","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025","modification":"2026-03-16T04:43:53.924Z","creation":"2025-08-15T03:06:10.699Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12283601","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40703187"],"doi":["10.3389/fpubh.2025.1612820"]}}