Prevention concerning mental health: the adolescent's perspective
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C Villeneuve1, H Bérubé, R Ouellet
1Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal, Quebec.
Objective:
To examine several subjective components of adolescents' behaviour concerning mental illness prevention.
Method:
Adolescents' knowledge, their attitudes and subjective norms, as well as their thoughts about how they would concretely handle a psychological problem were measured. A self-administered questionnaire was completed by 438 male and female adolescents in grades 8 and 11.
Results:
Gender and age differences were revealed: girls and older adolescents were more attuned to prevention. Further, the influence on young people of peers and parents was also apparent.
Conclusion:
Adolescents perceive prevention concerning mental health as important.
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