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  • Public Health
  • Education

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  • Mental health literacy is crucial for prevention and intervention.
  • A validated measure for adolescent depression literacy was lacking.
  • The Adolescent Depression Awareness Program (ADAP) is a school-based intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate the Adolescent Depression Knowledge Questionnaire (ADKQ).
  • To assess depression knowledge and attitudes in adolescents before and after the ADAP intervention.
  • To examine the psychometric properties of the ADKQ, including measurement invariance.

Main Methods:

  • The ADKQ was administered to 8,216 high school students pre- and post-intervention.
  • Confirmatory factor analysis was used to examine the latent structure of the Knowledge section.
  • Measurement invariance was tested across gender, instructor type, and time (pre- to post-test).
  • Categories were developed for the open-ended Attitudes section.

Main Results:

  • A one-factor latent structure (General Knowledge) best fit the data for the Knowledge section.
  • The ADKQ demonstrated measurement invariance across gender, instructor type, and pre- to post-test.
  • Categories for the Attitudes section were successfully developed.
  • Psychometric evidence supports the ADKQ's validity for evaluating adolescent depression literacy.

Conclusions:

  • The ADKQ is a psychometrically sound measure for assessing adolescent depression literacy.
  • The ADKQ can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions like ADAP.
  • The developed categories for the Attitudes section will facilitate quantitative evaluation.