Examining Cross-Cultural Invariance of Common Mental Disorder Symptom Measures in the United States and Singapore

IF 2.8 3区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Natalia Van Doren, Nur Hani Zainal, Ryan Y. Hong, Michelle G. Newman
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Abstract

Background

Constructs of common mental disorder (CMD) symptoms, including anxiety, depression, obsessions, compulsions, and worry, are observed in a wide range of psychiatric conditions. Reliable and valid measurements of these CMD symptoms are essential for building a generalizable science of psychopathology and ensuring valid comparisons of scores across distinct groups. Accordingly, the current study determined the psychometric properties of four widely used CMD symptom measures in the United States (U.S.) and Singapore.

Method

Participants comprised college students (U.S.: n = 292; SG: n = 144) who completed the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised (OCI-R), and Penn State Worry Questionnaire-Abbreviated (PSWQ-A).

Results

Strict measurement invariance (equal factor loadings, item thresholds, residual variances) was observed for all measures across cultures. Singapore had higher latent mean scores of worry than the U.S. sample.

Conclusions

Overall, findings suggest a strong degree of cross-cultural construct compatibility. Given this finding, higher latent factor means for worry, perfectionism, and uncertainty scores likely reflect true group differences, suggesting that these symptom measures can be used to aid further study and assessment of cross-cultural differences in symptom prevalence and presentation in CMDs.

研究美国和新加坡常见精神障碍症状测量的跨文化不变性
背景常见精神障碍(CMD)症状的结构,包括焦虑、抑郁、强迫、强迫症和担忧,可在多种精神疾病中观察到。对这些常见精神障碍症状进行可靠而有效的测量,对于建立具有普遍意义的精神病理学和确保有效比较不同群体的得分至关重要。因此,本研究确定了在美国和新加坡广泛使用的四种 CMD 症状测量方法的心理测量特性。结果在不同文化背景下,所有测量指标均具有严格的测量不变量(因子载荷、项目阈值、残差均相等)。结论总体而言,研究结果表明,跨文化建构具有很强的兼容性。鉴于这一发现,担忧、完美主义和不确定性得分较高的潜在因子平均值可能反映了真正的群体差异,这表明这些症状测量可用于帮助进一步研究和评估 CMD 症状流行和表现的跨文化差异。
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Cognitive Therapy and Research
Cognitive Therapy and Research PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-
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5.30
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期刊介绍: Cognitive Therapy and Research (COTR) focuses on the investigation of cognitive processes in human adaptation and adjustment and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). It is an interdisciplinary journal welcoming submissions from diverse areas of psychology, including cognitive, clinical, developmental, experimental, personality, social, learning, affective neuroscience, emotion research, therapy mechanism, and pharmacotherapy.
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