National Mental Health Literacy Questionnaire Brief Version – Chinese Version

Description

The “National Mental Health Literacy Questionnaire (Short Version)” was developed by the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2019, based on the full version of the mental health literacy questionnaire. It includes three parts: true/false questions, self-assessment questions, and case study questions.

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Purpose

The questionnaire aims to assess the level of mental health knowledge, skills, and awareness among the public.

Test Year

2019

Administration Method and Scoring

The questionnaire consists of three parts:
1. Knowledge Judgment Questions: 20 questions, correct answers score 5 points each, total score range: 0–100 points, focusing on mental health knowledge level.
2. Self-Assessment Questions: 8 questions, each scored from 1 to 4, total score range: 8–32 points, focusing on mental health skills and awareness.
3. Case Study Questions: 2 groups with 4 questions each, total score range: 0–40 points, focusing on the recognition and response to common mental health disorders like depression and social anxiety.

Reliability and Validity

The questionnaire possesses good reliability and validity. The test-retest reliability is 0.743, and the standardized Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient is 0.783. The Cronbach’s Alpha scores for the three parts are 0.690, 0.851, and 0.747, respectively.

Factors and Subscales

1. 知识判断题 Knowledge Judgment Questions
2. 自我评估题 Self-Assessment Questions
3. 案例题 Case Study Questions

Keywords

mental health, mental health literacy, questionnaire, psychological assessment

Items in Chinese

一、判断题（请判断下面题目是否正确，在相应的选项上划“√”。）
1. 适当运动可以减轻焦虑、抑郁等精神心理问题。
2. 大部分心理异常问题的主要原因在于遗传。
3. 儿童压力过大、缺乏运动，不利于大脑发育。
4. 要培养孩子的自信心，应当经常表扬孩子聪明。
5. 老年人加强社交活动有助于减缓大脑功能衰退。
6. 焦虑不安等情绪有害无利。
7. 主动面对引发焦虑的事物或环境，有助于逐渐减轻焦虑问题。
8. 精神心理疾病越早治疗越好。
9. 精神心理疾病在得到有效治疗后，可以缓解乃至康复。
10. 看车祸、灾难现场的照片，或听当事人的讲述，可能造成心理创伤。
11. 比起突然的创伤打击，日常持续的压力对心理健康的影响很小。
12. 晚上失眠的人，白天应该多补觉。
13. 睡前少量饮酒，有助于提高睡眠质量。
14. 有洁癖就是强迫症。
15. 不良情绪可能引发生理疾病。
16. 高血压、冠心病、胃溃疡都属于心身疾病。
17. 使用网上的心理问卷，可以诊断自己有无精神心理疾病。
18. 一个人有没有精神心理疾病，是很容易看出来的。
19. 医学检查正常却总怀疑自己有病，很可能是一种精神心理疾病。
20. 精神心理疾病服药好转后，可以自己一边逐渐减少药量一边观察。

二、自我评估题（下面是人们在生活中的一些行为习惯和对心理健康的观点，请根据您通常的做法或观点进行回答，在相应的选项上划“√”。）
1. 我有信心能克服生活中的大部分困难。
2. 遇事我能理性应对，保持心态平和。
3. 面对生活，我常常保持积极的态度。

4. 我知道如何获得心理健康知识。
5. 我知道如何寻求专业的心理帮助。
6. 心理健康对一个人的身体健康影响很大。
7. 对于一个人来说，心理健康非常重要。
8. 每个人都应该学习一些心理健康方面的知识。

三、案例题（下面有两个例子，这些例子经常会在我们身边发生。请仔细阅读和体会例子中主人公所处的情境，并根据你的想法回答相关的问题。）
（一）小明，男，22 岁，大学生。
1. 你认为小明的问题会是心理疾病吗？
2. 你认为小明的问题最可能是什么？
3. 如果你是小明，你会怎样做？
4. 如果小明被诊断为心理疾病，你是否同意下列看法？

（二）小丽，女，27 岁，公司职员。
1. 你认为小丽的问题会是心理疾病吗？
2. 你认为小丽的问题最可能是什么？
3. 如果你是小丽，你会怎样做？
4. 如果小丽被诊断为心理疾病，你是否同意下列看法？

Items in English

1. Appropriate exercise can alleviate anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues.
2. Most psychological abnormalities are primarily caused by genetics.
3. Excessive pressure and lack of exercise in children are detrimental to brain development.
4. To cultivate a child’s self-confidence, it is necessary to often praise them for being smart.
5. Increasing social activities in the elderly helps slow down brain function decline.
6. Anxiety and related emotions are harmful and not beneficial.
7. Actively facing things or environments that trigger anxiety can help gradually reduce anxiety issues.
8. The earlier mental health disorders are treated, the better.
9. Mental health disorders can improve or even recover after effective treatment.
10. Seeing photos of car accidents or disaster scenes, or listening to the accounts of those involved, may cause psychological trauma.
11. Compared to sudden traumatic events, ongoing daily stress has little impact on mental health.
12. Individuals experiencing insomnia at night should catch up on sleep during the day.
13. Drinking a small amount of alcohol before sleep can help improve sleep quality.
14. Having obsessive cleanliness is the same as having obsessive-compulsive disorder.
15. Negative emotions can lead to physical illnesses.
16. Hypertension, coronary heart disease, and gastric ulcers are all psychosomatic diseases.
17. Using online psychological questionnaires can diagnose whether one has a mental health disorder.
18. It is easy to tell whether someone has a mental health disorder.
19. Regular medical tests may still lead to suspicion of illness, which could be a mental health disorder.
20. After improving with medication, one can gradually reduce their dosage while monitoring themselves.

1. Do you think Xiao Ming’s problems might be a psychological disorder?
2. What do you think is the most likely issue with Xiao Ming?
3. If you were Xiao Ming, what would you do?
4. If Xiao Ming were diagnosed with a psychological disorder, would you agree with the following views?

1. Do you think Xiao Li’s problems might be a psychological disorder?
2. What do you think is the most likely issue with Xiao Li?
3. If you were Xiao Li, what would you do?
4. If Xiao Li were diagnosed with a psychological disorder, would you agree with the following views?

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