Page No- .644-655
Afreen Zehra
University of Delhi, Delhi
Aahana Sadhu
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Sabeen H. Rizvi
Gargi College, University of Delhi, Delhi
Women’s mental health needs in Jammu and Kashmir remain understudied, despite
potential heightened vulnerabilities. To explore the mental health needs of women in
Jammu and Kashmir, focusing on mental health literacy, help-seeking attitudes, and
their relationship to psychological well-being and depression. 179 women (Mean
Age=29.15; SD=5.49) from J & K completed measures including the Mental Health
Literacy Questionnaire (MLHq), Mental Help Seeking Attitude Scale (MHSAS),
Psychological Well-being Scale (PWS), and Beck’s Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II).
Participants demonstrated average mental health literacy (M=119.95; SD=8.84), high
help-seeking attitudes (M=5.24; SD=1.41), minimal depression (M=13.83; SD=11.33),
and average psychological well-being (M=171.73; SD=29). Significant positive
correlations were found between MLHq and PWS, MHSAS and PWS, and MLHq and
MHSAS. A significant negative correlation was found between MLHq and BDI-II. MLHq
emerged as the strongest predictor of PWS and BDI-II