Psychometric evaluation of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) in Chinese adolescents - a methodological study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Guo, Cheng ^a   Tomson, Göran ^a   Guo, Jizhi ^b   Li, Xiangyun ^b   Keller, Christina ^c   Söderqvist, Fredrik ^d,e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b WEIFANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Västmanland Hospital Vasteras   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chinese adolescents; Mental Health Continuum Short Form; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ANXIETY DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CONTINUUM-SHORT FORM; METHODOLOGY; MINNEAPOLIS-MANCHESTER QUALITY OF LIFE INSTRUMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL VALIDITY; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHINA; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHINA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84949806130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12955-015-0394-2     Document Type: Article

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