Table 4.

Descriptive characteristics of the items and subscales of the MHLQ (n=251)

Factors	Items	Mean	SD	α if item deleted	Cronbach alpha	Item-total correlation	Test-retest reliability
1. The ability to diagnose mental disorders	1	2.41	0.61	0.71	0.72	0.53	0.82	0.83
	2	1.95	0.96	0.72		0.50		0.79
	3	2.14	1	0.71		0.56		0.80
	4	1.66	0.96	0.70		0.62		0.85
2. The attitude toward mental disorders	14	3.59	0.61	0.72	0.72	0.52	0.80	0.83
	15	2.69	1.17	0.70		0.60		0.77
	17	2.87	1.17	0.72		0.55		0.79
	18	2.45	1.34	0.71		0.58		0.81
	19	2	1.47	0.70		0.63		0.87
	20	3.68	0.56	0.72		0.49		0.74
3. The knowledge on the causes of mental disorders	21	2.77	1.01	0.74	0.74	0.61	0.81	0.82
	22	3.33	0.65	0.74		0.51		0.83
	23	2.88	1.05	0.74		0.48		0.81
	24	2.78	0.88	0.74		0.48		0.79
	25	3.45	0.68	0.72		0.69		0.81
	27	1.89	1.43	0.73		0.63		0.82
	28	2.04	1.41	0.72		0.71		0.84
	29	2.15	1.16	0.73		0.64		0.78
4. The knowledge on mental health-promoting activities and resources	34	2.61	1.30	0.81	0.81	0.53	0.81	0.80
	35	1.16	1.16	0.79		0.72		0.82
	36	1.98	1.45	0.81		0.63		0.83
	39	2.52	1.38	0.81		0.50		0.82
	40	2.69	1.32	0.79		0.69		0.80
	41	2.68	1.37	0.81		0.53		0.79
	44	1.49	0.84	0.81		049		0.82
	45	1.33	0.90	0.81		0.54		0.81
	46	0.96	0.88	0.78		0.76		0.85
	47	1.57	0.76	0.79		0.72		0.80
	49	1.28	0.90	0.80		0.66		0.83
	50	1.51	1.30	0.80		0.67		0.82
	53	2.15	1.33	0.81		0.64		0.77
Total mean					0.76		0.81