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Is hope or mental illness a stronger predictor of mental health? |
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International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 13(2), May 2011, pp.32-39. |
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1462-3730 |
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The Complete State Model (CSM) of mental health considers an individual to have Complete Mental Health (CMH) if they report high levels of subjective well-being and very low levels of mental illness. While the absence of mental illness may be a consequence of mental health, the absence of mental illness does not necessarily signal or lead to mental health. This suggests that a focus on mental illness may not be the best way to promote mental health. This study aimed to test whether hope was a stronger predictor of mental health in young people than was mental illness. The data for the study were drawn from the South Australian Youth Mental Health Survey, an online survey conducted to gather information on a number of mental health indicators completed by 3913 young South Australians aged 13 to 17 years. The results indicated that hope was a significantly stronger predictor of mental health than was mental illness. These results imply that the focus of strategies to promote mental health may be best redirected to building a young person’s positive strengths, such as hope, to promote mental health and indirectly prevent mental illness. |
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mental health; mental health education; mental health problems; young people; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=a737a77b-856c-458a-9d11-64adf079e888 |
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