Research Article Arabic Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Depression Literacy Questionnaire among Adolescents Hussain Ahmed Darraj, 1 Mohamed Salih Mahfouz, 2 Rashad Mohamed Al Sanosi, 3 Mohammed Badedi, 4 Abdullah Sabai, 4 Abdulrahman AL Refaei, 5 and Hussain Mutawm 6 1 Jazan Health Afairs, Ministry of Health, Jazan 45911, Saudi Arabia 2 Family and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, P.O. Box 2531, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia 3 Substance Abuse Research Centre (SARC), Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia 4 Public Health Administration, Jazan Health Afairs, Ministry of Health, Jazan 82723, Saudi Arabia 5 Jazan General Directorate of Education, Ministry of Education, Jazan 82614, Saudi Arabia 6 Departments of English, Faculty of Languages and Translation, King Khalid University, Abha 62529, Saudi Arabia Correspondence should be addressed to Mohamed Salih Mahfouz; mm.mahfouz@gmail.com Received 8 January 2016; Accepted 14 March 2016 Academic Editor: Nicola Magnavita Copyright © 2016 Hussain Ahmed Darraj et al. Tis is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Background. Depression is a serious mental health disease. Globally, it is estimated that almost 350 million people sufer from depression. It is important to assess depression literacy including knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders among adolescents. Objective. Tis study was conducted to validate the Arabic version of the Depression Literacy Questionnaire (D-Lit) among adolescents. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted among a sample size of 120 adolescents. Statistical analysis included face validation, confrmatory factor analysis, and reliability testing. A test-retest was carried out within a two-week interval. Results. Te mean score for depression literacy among participants was 8.6 (SD = 4.48), the median was 8, and the interquartile range was 7. Preliminary construct validation analysis confrmed that factor analysis was appropriate for the Arabic version of D-Lit. Te total internal consistency was measured by Cronbach’s alpha coefcient and split-half test and the results were 0.78 and 0.71, respectively. Te test-retest reliability measured by Pearson’s correlation was 0.92 and spearman rho was equal to 0.91. Conclusions. Face validity, construct validity, and reliability analysis were found satisfactory for the Arabic version of D-Lit. Te Arabic D-Lit was found valid and reliable to be used in the future studies. 1. Background Depression is a serious mental health disease and generally characterized by sadness, loss of interest in activities, and decreased energy [1]. Evidence suggests that the onset of major depression predominantly manifests during adoles- cence stage. Furthermore, it infuences a child’s psychological, social, and academic functioning. Owing to that, they will be vulnerable to the risk of substance abuse and suicidal behavior [2, 3]. Depressive disorders in developing countries represent a key determinant of health-related disability. It is considered as a major source of nonfatal disease [4, 5]. Globally, it is estimated that almost 350 million people sufer from depression [6]. In the United Kingdom, it is reported that 60% of adolescents experienced depressive symptoms [7]. In the Eastern Mediterranean Region, the prevalence of mental disorders among children and adolescents was 10%– 36%, which is either similar to or signifcantly higher than the global estimates [8]. In the neighboring country of the United Arab Emirates, just over 22% of children aged 6 to 18 years were reported to have mental health problems [9]. In Saudi Arabia, a recent study showed that the prevalence of depression among boys who are secondary school students in Hindawi Publishing Corporation Psychiatry Journal Volume 2016, Article ID 8045262, 7 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8045262