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Alonso Martínez, Laura 608 600 0000-0001-5425-5090 Sierra Medina, María José 634 600 0000-0003-2339-9598 Armas Junco, Laura b0f7cdae-ce48-4924-9bf7-cc5441b23142 600 Soto Cámara, Raúl 636 600 0000-0002-9072-0364 Fernández Hawrylak, María 171 600 0000-0002-7222-587X Lu, Shurong 43b0e692-148f-4877-be0f-def3860cf796 2026-07-22T09:19:57Z 2026-07-22T09:19:57Z 2026 0001-6918 https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11942 10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107317 Promoting mental health literacy among adolescents is crucial for early prevention and intervention of mental health problems in school settings. This study aimed to develop and validate the Spanish Mental Health Support Scale for Adolescents (MHSSA). This study involved 578 responses (ages 13–52 years, M = 20.28, SD = 6.29) from both secondary school students in Burgos and future school health education professionals in Burgos and Oviedo, Spain. The questionnaire was composed of the standardised Spanish MHSSA scale and six additional standardised scales. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported a two-factor structure (α = 0.88), comprising helpful and harmful intentions subscales. The Spanish MHSSA also demonstrated good test–retest reliability (ICC = 0.88). Initially, adolescents exhibited lower levels of mental health support behaviours compared to future school health educators, while post-intervention results showed significant improvements in support-seeking behaviours. Higher-quality support intentions were observed among women, post-test participants, individuals with prior lived experience of mental health problems, and future health professionals. These results demonstrate reasonable construct validity, further supported by the finding that scores on the Spanish MHSSA are also associated with lower social restrictive attitudes toward mental health problems (measured by the CAMI) and higher mental health literacy (measured by the MHLI). The findings indicate that the Spanish MHSSA is a valid and reliable tool for assessing both adolescents' and school health educators' intentions to engage in mental health–supportive behaviours. Open-access funding is provided by the University of Burgos. This study has been fully or partially funded by the call for research projects of the Spanish Association of Deans of Nursing Faculties (CNDE) to Dr. Laura Alonso Martínez (grant number PINV_12CNDE23). application/pdf spa Elsevier Acta Psychologica. 2026, V. 268, 107317 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107317 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Adolescent Help-seeking intention Measurement Mental health first aid Mental health literacy Adolescentes-Salud mental Psicometría Teenagers-Mental health Psychometrics Validating the Spanish Mental Health Support Scale: A school-based approach to enhancing assessment and support for adolescents and future school health educators info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Acta Psychologica 268 THUMBNAIL Alonso-ap_2026.pdf.jpg Alonso-ap_2026.pdf.jpg IM Thumbnail image/jpeg 5042 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11942/6/Alonso-ap_2026.pdf.jpg 285e2dfcb2422f8d93e9ca0dd3dfc93e MD5 6 LICENSE license.txt license.txt text/plain; charset=utf-8 999 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11942/3/license.txt b295bcbce42e2caabeb0c623d3860c06 MD5 3 CC-LICENSE license_rdf license_rdf application/rdf+xml; charset=utf-8 805 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11942/5/license_rdf 4460e5956bc1d1639be9ae6146a50347 MD5 5 ORIGINAL Alonso-ap_2026.pdf Alonso-ap_2026.pdf application/pdf 3281761 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11942/1/Alonso-ap_2026.pdf 62d371f9a24650bad70cc982d256c8b6 MD5 1 10259/11942 oai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/11942 2026-07-23 02:05:27.696 Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos bubrep@ubu.es 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