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Psychometric properties of the mental health continuum-short form in Iranian adolescents

INTRODUCTION: Psychological tests are necessary to assess the mental state of individuals. Mental health is one of the important psychological indicators and is increasingly considered as having various aspects of well-being. The Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) is a 14-item instrument th...

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Autores principales: Yousefi Afrashteh, Majid, Janjani, Parisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9948078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36844350
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1096218
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description INTRODUCTION: Psychological tests are necessary to assess the mental state of individuals. Mental health is one of the important psychological indicators and is increasingly considered as having various aspects of well-being. The Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) is a 14-item instrument that assesses mental health, focusing on emotional, psychological, and social well-being. The present study, the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the MHC-SF were examined in relation to its factor structure, internal consistency, construct validity, and gender measurement invariance among adolescents. METHODS: The population of this study was Iranian adolescents between 11-and 18-year-old who were enrolled in the seventh to twelfth grades. A convenience sample of 822 Adolescents from four large cities in the Iran (Tehran, Zanjan, Hamedan and Ghazvin) participated in the present study. Questionnaires were completed online. Statistical analyses to evaluate the factor structure, internal consistency, construct validity, gender and age factorial invariance were performed in SPSS and LISREL. RESULTS: According to the results of confirmatory factor analysis, the MHC-SF is composed of three factors: emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Reliability was confirmed by Cronbach’s alpha method and composite reliability (>0.7). Measurement invariance were confirmed among girls and boys. Convergent and divergent validity were also evaluated and confirmed by correlating the test score with similar and different tests. CONCLUSION: This study confirmed the psychometric properties of MHC-SF in the Iranian adolescent community. This instrument can be used in psychological research and diagnostic evaluations.
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spelling pubmed-99480782023-02-24 Psychometric properties of the mental health continuum-short form in Iranian adolescents Yousefi Afrashteh, Majid Janjani, Parisa Front Psychol Psychology INTRODUCTION: Psychological tests are necessary to assess the mental state of individuals. Mental health is one of the important psychological indicators and is increasingly considered as having various aspects of well-being. The Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) is a 14-item instrument that assesses mental health, focusing on emotional, psychological, and social well-being. The present study, the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the MHC-SF were examined in relation to its factor structure, internal consistency, construct validity, and gender measurement invariance among adolescents. METHODS: The population of this study was Iranian adolescents between 11-and 18-year-old who were enrolled in the seventh to twelfth grades. A convenience sample of 822 Adolescents from four large cities in the Iran (Tehran, Zanjan, Hamedan and Ghazvin) participated in the present study. Questionnaires were completed online. Statistical analyses to evaluate the factor structure, internal consistency, construct validity, gender and age factorial invariance were performed in SPSS and LISREL. RESULTS: According to the results of confirmatory factor analysis, the MHC-SF is composed of three factors: emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Reliability was confirmed by Cronbach’s alpha method and composite reliability (>0.7). Measurement invariance were confirmed among girls and boys. Convergent and divergent validity were also evaluated and confirmed by correlating the test score with similar and different tests. CONCLUSION: This study confirmed the psychometric properties of MHC-SF in the Iranian adolescent community. This instrument can be used in psychological research and diagnostic evaluations. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9948078/ /pubmed/36844350 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1096218 Text en Copyright © 2023 Yousefi Afrashteh and Janjani. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Janjani, Parisa
Psychometric properties of the mental health continuum-short form in Iranian adolescents
title Psychometric properties of the mental health continuum-short form in Iranian adolescents
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title_fullStr Psychometric properties of the mental health continuum-short form in Iranian adolescents
title_full_unstemmed Psychometric properties of the mental health continuum-short form in Iranian adolescents
title_short Psychometric properties of the mental health continuum-short form in Iranian adolescents
title_sort psychometric properties of the mental health continuum-short form in iranian adolescents
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9948078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36844350
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1096218
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