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Table 3 Descriptive statistics for the Knowledge and Attitude to Mental Health Scales

From: Development and psychometric properties of the Knowledge and Attitudes to Mental Health Scales (KAMHS): a psychometric measure of mental health literacy in children and adolescents

Subscale

Mean (SD)

Range

Skew (SE)

Kurtosis (SE)

Test – retest reliability

Means male: female

Knowledge

2.21 (0.30)

0.42–3.50

0.10 (0.10)

3.63 (0.21)

.40**

2.21: 2.21

Good Mental Health

2.53 (0.51)

0.67–4.00

0.14 (0.10)

0.27 (0.21)

.41**

2.59: 2.49

(Lack of) Stigma

2.94 (0.58)

0.67–4.00

− 0.24 (0.10)

0.08 (0.21)

.47**

2.81: 3.06 #

(Lack of) Self-Stigma

2.35 (0.74)

0.00–4.00

−0.40 (0.10)

0.19 (0.21)

.60**

2.46: 2.25 #

(Lack of) Avoidant Coping

2.25 (0.62)

0.00–4.00

−0.19 (0.10)

0.48 (0.21)

.45**

2.24: 2.27

Help-seeking Behaviours

2.33 (0.73)

0.00–4.00

−0.02 (0.10)

0.23 (0.21)

.64**

2.48: 2.19 #

Social Desirability

2.01 (0.62)

.38–3.75

0.09 (0.10)

−0.16 (0.21)

.56**

1.92: 2.12 #

  1. ** Correlation is significant (2-tailed) p < .01
  2. # Significant differences between means (2-tailed) p < .05