biostudies-literatureUnknown13Tan YB<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 factFrontiers in public health1612820https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12283601biostudies-literatureFactor structure and predictors of causal beliefs about seven mental illnesses among the Singapore general population.PMC12283601Gunasekaran SShahwan SPoh PLim BWZOng WJTan YBAbdin ETay EHSchomerus GChong SASubramaniam MShafie STan BCWfalseFactor structure and predictors of causal beliefs about seven mental illnesses among the Singapore general population.<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 fact2025-01-01T00:00:00Z20252026-03-16T04:43:53.924Z2025-08-15T03:06:10.699ZS-EPMC122836014070318710.3389/fpubh.2025.1612820