The mental health continuum-short form: The structure and application for cross-cultural studies-A 38 nation study.

Autor: Żemojtel-Piotrowska M; Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw, Poland., Piotrowski JP; University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poznan Campus, Poland., Osin EN; National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia., Cieciuch J; Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw, Poland.; University of Zurich, University Research Priority Program Social Networks, Switzerland., Adams BG; Tilburg University, The Netherlands, Poland.; University of Johannesburg, South Africa., Ardi R; Airlangga University, Indonesia., Bălţătescu S; University of Oradea, Romania., Bogomaz S; National Research Tomsk State University., Bhomi AL; Tribhuvan University., Clinton A; University of Puerto Rico, American Psychological Association., de Clunie GT; Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá., Czarna AZ; Jagellonian University, Poland., Esteves C; Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), CIS-IUL, Lisboa, Portugal., Gouveia V; Federal University of Paraíba, Brasil., Halik MHJ; University of Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia., Hosseini A; University of Melbourne, Australia., Khachatryan N; Yerevan State University, Armenia., Kamble SV; Karnatak University, India., Kawula A; Pedagogic University in Cracov, Poland., Lun VM; Lingnan University, China., Ilisko D; Daugavpils University, Latvia., Klicperova-Baker M; Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech., Liik K; Tallinn University, Estonia., Letovancova E; Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia., Cerrato SM; University of Girona, Spain., Michalowski J; University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poznan Campus., Malysheva N; Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia., Marganski A; Le Moyne College, US., Nikolic M; LUM University., Park J; Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Japan., Paspalanova E; New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria., de Leon PP; Universidad Católica del Uruguay, Uruguay., Pék G; University of Debrecen, Hungary., Różycka-Tran J; University of Gdansk, Poland., Samekin A; S. Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University, Kazakhstan., Shahbaz W; Massey University, Australia., Khanh Ha TT; University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU, Hanoi, Vietnam., Tiliouine H; Oran University, Algeria., Van Hiel A; Ghent University, Belgium., Vauclair M; Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL)., Wills-Herrera E; Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia., Włodarczyk A; Universidad Católica del Norte (Chile)., Yahiiaev I; Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine., Maltby J; University of Leicester, United Kingdom.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of clinical psychology [J Clin Psychol] 2018 Jun; Vol. 74 (6), pp. 1034-1052. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Jan 30.
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22570
Abstrakt: 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 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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