Table 2 Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with 4 factors

Items

1

MH recognition

2

Attitudes towards people with MH

3

General attitudes towards MH

4

Information seeking about mental illness

Uniqueness

Item_1

0.556

0.665

Item_2

0.624

0.586

Item_3

0.582

0.658

Item_4

0.647

0.552

Item_5

0.622

0.553

Item_6

0.518

0.578

Item_7

0.743

0.465

Item_8

0.684

0.570

Item_9

0.405

0.802

Item_10

0.302

0.894

Item_11

0.483

0.741

Item_12

0.886

Item_13

0.577

0.643

Item_14

0.455

0.790

Item_15

0.947

Item_16

0.613

0.464

Item_17

0.727

0.422

Item_18

0.591

0.629

Item_19

0.800

0.365

Item_20

0.899

Item_21

0.473

0.703

Item_22

0.780

Item_23

0.385

0.757

Item_24

0.501

0.633

Item_25

0.570

0.687

Item_26

0.703

0.468

Item_27

0.621

0.600

Item_28

0.611

0.569

Item_29

0.634

0.563

Item_30

0.757

0.393

Item_31

0.779

0.385

Item_32

0.787

0.380

Item_33

0.609

0.640

Item_34

0.635

0.549

Item_35

0.614

0.539