Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Application/function, Appraisal
Specific context:
Mental Health
Validation sample population age:
Adolescents: 10 to 17 years, Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study
:
Face-to-face
Assessment:
Self-reported
Psychometrics
Number of items:
30
Sample size in validation study:
200
Administration Time (minutes):
22 minutes
Language of validated version:
Persian
Main article reference
Safaralinezhad, A., Lamyian, M., Ahmadi, F., Hosseinkhani, Z., & Montazeri, A. (2025). Development and psychometric properties of the Mental Health Literacy Scale for women of reproductive age: A mixed-method study. Health Science Reports, 8(9), Article e71227. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.71227
Corresponding author
Minoor Lamiyan
Description
A 30 item instrument to measure mental health literacy for women of reproductive age with 4 themes: accessing and obtaining mental health information, understanding mental health information, maintaining mental health, adapting to the challenges of women's lives.
Year Measure first Published: 2025
About This Measure
Reliability: Test-retest correlation:
96.6%
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
Iran
Content validity:
The content was validated by a panel of 13 experts who reviewed and modified items, retaining those with a CVI > 0.79.
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.899
Reliability notes:
30 women completed the questionnaire twice within a 2 week interval period to determine the test-retest reliability.
