Prevention concerning mental health: the adolescent's perspective.
OBJECTIVE
To examine several subjective components of adolescents' behaviour concerning mental illness prevention.


METHODS
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.


CONCLUSIONS
Adolescents perceive prevention concerning mental health as important.
Villeneuve
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Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal, Quebec.
Bérubé
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Ouellet
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Delorme
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D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008603:Mental Health; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires