Open AccessHealth Literacy and Mental Health Status: Correlational Study of Undergraduate Students
Author(s) -
Anggi Mayangsari,
Rahma Dilla Arnanda,
Fatahya Alima Isnaini,
Aulia Iskandarsyah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jurnal rap
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2622-6626
pISSN - 2087-8699
DOI - 10.24036/rapun.v11i2.109108
Subject(s) - mental health , health literacy , test (biology) , psychology , literacy , mental health literacy , population , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry , environmental health , pedagogy , mental illness , health care , paleontology , economics , biology , economic growth
The aim of this study was to find the relationship between Health Literacy (HL) and Mental Health Status of Undergraduate Students in Bandung, Indonesia. In this study, 102 undergraduate students were recruited. This correlational study held with two types of psychological measurement that translated to Indonesian, those are Health Literacy Quetionnaire (HLQ) and Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ).. Data was collected by online questionnaire, then statistically processed with Spearman-rank test.. The results showed that there’s a negaitve correlation between Health Literacy and Mental Health Status (r=-0.266, p<0.05). Our results suggest that the undergraduate students should improve their health literacy, because the students with higher Health Literacy levels report lower indication of mental disorder. Further research is needed to recruite more participants in more wide population.