Mediating roles of perceived stigma and mental health literacy in the relationship between school climate and help-seeking behavior in Indonesian adolescents.

Abstract

ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate whether perceived stigma and mental health literacy play mediating roles in the correlation between school climate and help-seeking behavior in Indonesian adolescents.MethodsWe used cross-sectional study design that recruited 760 Indonesian adolescents of age 16-19 years. We used convenience sampling from July to September 2019. Bivariate analysis was used to investigate the association of demographic characteristics with help-seeking behavior. Mediation analysis was employed to explore the mediating roles of mental health literacy and perceived stigma on the relationship between school climate and help-seeking behavior.ResultsFindings indicated that ethnicity, family income, and father's educational level were significantly associated (p ConclusionOur study discovered novel insight of help-seeking behavior mechanism among adolescent by serial mediation test. Supportive school climate is necessary to achieve adequate help-seeking behavior. In addition, taking into account of student's perceived stigma and mental health literacy in promoting help-seeking behavior is also important.