Validation of the mental health continuum: Short form among Canadian Armed Forces personnel.

IF 2.7 2区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Health Reports Pub Date : 2022-05-18 DOI:10.25318/82-003-x202200500001-eng

R. Plouffe, Aihua Liu, J. Richardson, A. Nazarov

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Background Compared to the general Canadian population, military members exhibit a higher prevalence of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder. However, there is a paucity of research investigating the extent to which military members experience positive mental health. Validation of positive mental health measures, including the Mental Health Continuum - Short Form (MHC-SF), is necessary to determine whether well-being can be assessed in a valid and reliable manner among Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) military members. The purpose of this research was to assess the internal consistency reliability, convergent validity, factor structure, and measurement invariance of the MHC-SF among CAF Regular Force and Reserve Force military members. Data and methods Data were drawn from the nationally representative 2013 Canadian Forces Mental Health Survey (CFMHS) conducted by Statistics Canada. A random sample of 8,200 CAF military personnel completed the CFMHS, representing 64,400 Regular Force and 4,460 Reserve Force CAF personnel. Results As expected, all three MHC-SF subscales (psychological, social, and emotional well-being) correlated positively with life satisfaction, self-rated mental health, sense of belonging, and social support, and correlated negatively with psychological distress and disability due to health conditions. Internal consistency was high. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the three-factor structure of the MHC-SF, and measurement invariance was satisfied. Interpretation Findings provided support for the reliability, convergent validity, factorial validity, and measurement invariance of the MHC-SF among both Regular Force and Reserve Force military samples. Therefore, researchers and clinicians can reliably implement the MHC-SF as a tool to assess, interpret, and predict military members' psychological, social, and emotional well-being.

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心理健康连续体的验证:加拿大武装部队人员的简短形式。

背景:与加拿大普通人群相比，军人表现出更高的抑郁症、焦虑症和创伤后应激障碍患病率。然而，调查军人积极心理健康的程度的研究很少。验证积极的心理健康措施，包括心理健康连续统-短表(MHC-SF)，对于确定加拿大武装部队(CAF)军人的健康状况是否能够以有效和可靠的方式进行评估是必要的。本研究的目的是评估空军正规军和预备役军人MHC-SF的内部一致性、信度、收敛效度、因子结构和测量不变性。数据和方法数据来自加拿大统计局进行的具有全国代表性的2013年加拿大部队心理健康调查。随机抽样的8200名CAF军事人员完成了CFMHS，其中包括64,400名正规军人员和4,460名预备役部队人员。结果MHC-SF三个分量表(心理、社会和情绪幸福感)与生活满意度、自评心理健康、归属感和社会支持呈正相关，与健康状况导致的心理困扰和残疾呈负相关。内部一致性高。验证性因子分析支持MHC-SF的三因子结构，满足测量不变性。研究结果支持了MHC-SF在正规军和预备役部队样本中的信度、收敛效度、析因效度和测量不变性。因此，研究人员和临床医生可以可靠地实施MHC-SF作为评估、解释和预测军人心理、社会和情感健康的工具。

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