The mental health continuum-short form: The structure and application for cross-cultural studies–A 38 nation study
Objective The Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) is a brief scale measuring positive human functioning. The study aimed to examine the factor structure and to explore the cross-cultural utility of the MHC-SF using bifactor models and exploratory structural equation modelling. Method Using...
| Autores Principales: | de Clunie, Gisela T., Żemojtel-Piotrowska, Magdalena, Piotrowski, Jarosław P., Osin, Evgeny N., Cieciuch, Jan, Adams, Byron G., Ardi, Rahkman, Bălţătescu, Sergiu, Bogomaz, Sergey, Lal Bhomi, Arbinda, Clinton, Amanda, Czarna, Anna Z., Esteves, Carla, Gouveia, Valdiney |
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RepoUTP44082021-07-06T15:35:03Z The mental health continuum-short form: The structure and application for cross-cultural studies–A 38 nation study de Clunie, Gisela T. Żemojtel-Piotrowska, Magdalena Piotrowski, Jarosław P. Osin, Evgeny N. Cieciuch, Jan Adams, Byron G. Ardi, Rahkman Bălţătescu, Sergiu Bogomaz, Sergey Lal Bhomi, Arbinda Clinton, Amanda Czarna, Anna Z. Esteves, Carla Gouveia, Valdiney Psychology measurement invariance cross-cultural study Mental Health Continuum Short Form Psychology measurement invariance cross-cultural study Mental Health Continuum Short Form Objective The Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) is a brief scale measuring positive human functioning. The study aimed to examine the factor structure and to explore the cross-cultural utility of the MHC-SF using bifactor models and exploratory structural equation modelling. Method Using multigroup confirmatory analysis (MGCFA) we examined the measurement invariance of the MHC-SF in 38 countries (university students, N = 8,066; 61.73% women, mean age 21.55 years). Results MGCFA supported the cross-cultural replicability of a bifactor structure and a metric level of invariance between student samples. The average proportion of variance explained by the general factor was high (ECV = .66), suggesting that the three aspects of mental health (emotional, social, and psychological well-being) can be treated as a single dimension of well-being. Conclusion The metric level of invariance offers the possibility of comparing correlates and predictors of positive mental functioning across countries; however, the comparison of the levels of mental health across countries is not possible due to lack of scalar invariance. Our study has preliminary character and could serve as an initial assessment of the structure of the MHC-SF across different cultural settings. Further studies on general populations are required for extending our findings. Objective The Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) is a brief scale measuring positive human functioning. The study aimed to examine the factor structure and to explore the cross-cultural utility of the MHC-SF using bifactor models and exploratory structural equation modelling. Method Using multigroup confirmatory analysis (MGCFA) we examined the measurement invariance of the MHC-SF in 38 countries (university students, N = 8,066; 61.73% women, mean age 21.55 years). Results MGCFA supported the cross-cultural replicability of a bifactor structure and a metric level of invariance between student samples. The average proportion of variance explained by the general factor was high (ECV = .66), suggesting that the three aspects of mental health (emotional, social, and psychological well-being) can be treated as a single dimension of well-being. Conclusion The metric level of invariance offers the possibility of comparing correlates and predictors of positive mental functioning across countries; however, the comparison of the levels of mental health across countries is not possible due to lack of scalar invariance. Our study has preliminary character and could serve as an initial assessment of the structure of the MHC-SF across different cultural settings. Further studies on general populations are required for extending our findings. 2018-03-13T12:58:02Z 2018-03-13T12:58:02Z 2018-03-13T12:58:02Z 2018-03-13T12:58:02Z 06/30/2018 06/30/2018 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1002/jclp.22570/abstract http://ridda2.utp.ac.pa/handle/123456789/4408 http://ridda2.utp.ac.pa/handle/123456789/4408 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess application/pdf text/html |
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Psychology measurement invariance cross-cultural study Mental Health Continuum Short Form Psychology measurement invariance cross-cultural study Mental Health Continuum Short Form de Clunie, Gisela T. Żemojtel-Piotrowska, Magdalena Piotrowski, Jarosław P. Osin, Evgeny N. Cieciuch, Jan Adams, Byron G. Ardi, Rahkman Bălţătescu, Sergiu Bogomaz, Sergey Lal Bhomi, Arbinda Clinton, Amanda Czarna, Anna Z. Esteves, Carla Gouveia, Valdiney The mental health continuum-short form: The structure and application for cross-cultural studies–A 38 nation study |
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Objective
The Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) is a brief scale measuring positive human functioning. The study aimed to examine the factor structure and to explore the cross-cultural utility of the MHC-SF using bifactor models and exploratory structural equation modelling.
Method
Using multigroup confirmatory analysis (MGCFA) we examined the measurement invariance of the MHC-SF in 38 countries (university students, N = 8,066; 61.73% women, mean age 21.55 years).
Results
MGCFA supported the cross-cultural replicability of a bifactor structure and a metric level of invariance between student samples. The average proportion of variance explained by the general factor was high (ECV = .66), suggesting that the three aspects of mental health (emotional, social, and psychological well-being) can be treated as a single dimension of well-being.
Conclusion
The metric level of invariance offers the possibility of comparing correlates and predictors of positive mental functioning across countries; however, the comparison of the levels of mental health across countries is not possible due to lack of scalar invariance. Our study has preliminary character and could serve as an initial assessment of the structure of the MHC-SF across different cultural settings. Further studies on general populations are required for extending our findings. |
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de Clunie, Gisela T. Żemojtel-Piotrowska, Magdalena Piotrowski, Jarosław P. Osin, Evgeny N. Cieciuch, Jan Adams, Byron G. Ardi, Rahkman Bălţătescu, Sergiu Bogomaz, Sergey Lal Bhomi, Arbinda Clinton, Amanda Czarna, Anna Z. Esteves, Carla Gouveia, Valdiney |
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de Clunie, Gisela T. |
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The mental health continuum-short form: The structure and application for cross-cultural studies–A 38 nation study |
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The mental health continuum-short form: The structure and application for cross-cultural studies–A 38 nation study |
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The mental health continuum-short form: The structure and application for cross-cultural studies–A 38 nation study |
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The mental health continuum-short form: The structure and application for cross-cultural studies–A 38 nation study |
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The mental health continuum-short form: The structure and application for cross-cultural studies–A 38 nation study |
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mental health continuum-short form: the structure and application for cross-cultural studies–a 38 nation study |
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2018 |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1002/jclp.22570/abstract http://ridda2.utp.ac.pa/handle/123456789/4408 http://ridda2.utp.ac.pa/handle/123456789/4408 |
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