Table 4.

Descriptive statistics of the MHLS and its attributes

Attributes	Item	Mean	SD	Range	Cronbach’s alpha	McDonald’s omega
Ability to recognise disorders (AR)	8	23.81	3.52	8–32	0.700	0.734
Knowledge of where to seek information (SI)	4	13.65	2.71	4–20	0.630	0.652
Knowledge of risk factors (RF)	2	5.39	1.07	2–8	0.600	0.601
Knowledge of self-treatment (ST)	2	5.15	0.84	2–8	0.600	0.602
Knowledge of professional help available (PH)	3	8.43	1.15	3–12	0.640	0.643
Attitudes that promote recognition or appropriate help seeking behaviour(A)	10	36.58	5.30	10–50	0.800	0.874
The final modified version of MHLS (All attributes)	29	93.03	8.16	29–130	0.789	0.797