Table 1.
Frequency and Percentage of Articles’ Study Design, Context and Primary Aim
| Study Design | ||
|---|---|---|
| Population Study | Intervention Study | |
| 58 (64%) | 33 (36%) | |
| Study Context | ||
| School-based | 41 (71%) | 31 (94%) |
| Primary Aim | ||
| Scale development and/or validation | 4 (7%) | – |
| Describe levels of MHL | 39 (67%) | – |
| Explore possible predictors of mental illness stigma | 4 (7%) | – |
| Explore possible predictors of help-seeking attitudes and intentions | 6 (10%) | – |
| Explore relationship between MHL domains | 5 (9%) | – |
| Intervention evaluation i.e. assessing the impact of an intervention | – | 25 (76%) |
| Intervention baseline study i.e. describe level of MHL, explore predictors of specific domains or relationship between MHL domains | – | 8 (24%) |
Note: For population and intervention study design, % out of 91, for study context and primary aim, % out of number of population and intervention-based articles i.e. 58 and 33 respectively