Mental health promotion has been gaining recognition as an important teacher competency. Hence, it is imperative that teachers have adequate mental health literacy (MHL). However, most studies and programs on teacher MHL focus on teachers' knowledge of mental disorders, whereas very few have explored their knowledge of positive mental health, perhaps due to the lack of measures for this construct. In this study, we adapted and validated the Mental Health-Promoting Knowledge Scale (MHPKS), a measure of positive MHL, for teachers. We looked into its factor structure and examined its relationships with knowledge of mental disorders, and mental health and teaching-related outcomes. The sample included 470 Filipino preservice teachers. Results of the confirmatory factor analysis provided support for the single-factor model of the MHPKS. Positive MHL was found to be positively associated with knowledge of mental disorders, well-being, teaching engagement, and teaching satisfaction. It predicted well-being, teaching engagement, and teaching satisfaction above and beyond the variance accounted for by knowledge of mental disorders, indicating construct validity. MHPKS is a valid tool that can be used to complement measures of knowledge of mental disorders for a more holistic assessment of teacher mental health knowledge.
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