The Mental Health Continuum-Short Form in Organisational Contexts: Factorial Validity, Invariance, and Internal Consistency

IF 0.6 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

European Journal of Mental Health Pub Date : 2019-12-10 DOI:10.5708/EJMH.14.2019.2.2

L. V. Zyl, Chantal Olckers

引用次数: 5

Abstract

The study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the MHC-SF within selected organisational contexts. Specifically, the aim was to determine the factorial validity, measurement invariance, and reliability of the instrument for South African organisations. A cross-sectional online survey-based research design was employed, coupled with a convenience sampling strategy (N = 624). The results showed that the original three-dimensional factor structure of the MHC-SF fitted the data the best. Items loaded statistically significantly on all three subscales (emotional, psychological, social wellbeing). Further, the scale showed full configure, convergent and metric invariance between males and females. However, invariance was not established in either age cohorts, language groups, or marital status. The instrument proved to be reliable at both a lower (Cronbach Alpha) and upper level (Composite reliability) limit within South African organisational contexts.

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组织语境中的心理健康连续体简式：因子有效性、不变性和内部一致性

该研究旨在检查MHC-SF在选定的组织背景下的心理测量特性。具体来说，目的是确定南非组织的析因效度、测量不变性和工具的可靠性。采用了横断面在线调查研究设计，并结合了方便的抽样策略(N = 624)。结果表明，MHC-SF的原始三维因子结构最符合数据。在所有三个分量表(情感、心理、社会福利)上，项目的负荷都有统计学意义。此外，量表在男女之间表现出完全的构型、收敛性和度量不变性。然而，在年龄组、语言组或婚姻状况中均未发现不变性。在南非的组织背景下，该工具被证明在较低(Cronbach Alpha)和较高水平(复合信度)限制下都是可靠的。

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European Journal of Mental Health PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

CiteScore

0.70

自引率

14.30%

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期刊介绍： The European Journal of Mental Health, an open-access, peer reviewed, interdisciplinary, professional journal concerned with mental health, personal well-being and its supporting ecosystems that acknowledge the importance of people’s interactions with their environments, established in 2006, is published on 280 pages per volume in English and German by the Semmelweis University Institute of Mental Health. The journal’s professional oversight is provided by the Editor-in-Chief and an international Editorial Board, assisted by an Advisory Board. The semiannual journal, with issues appearing in June and December, is published in Budapest. The journal aims at the dissemination of the latest scientific research on mental health and well-being in Europe. It seeks novel, integrative and comprehensive, applied as well as theoretical articles that are inspiring for professionals and practitioners with different fields of interest: social and natural sciences, humanities and different segments of mental health research and practice. The primary thematic focus of EJMH is the social-ecological antecedents of mental health and foundations of human well-being. Most specifically, the journal welcomes contributions that present high-quality, original research findings on well-being and mental health across the lifespan and in historical perspective.