de Kock Francois S, Görgens-Ekermans Gina, Dhladhla Thamsanqla J
University of Cape Town, South Africa Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
University of Cape Town, South Africa.
J Health Psychol. 2014 Oct;19(10):1222-31. doi: 10.1177/1359105313488972. Epub 2013 Jun 5.
This study examined the latent factor structure of the General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28) in a Black South African sample (N = 523). Results of the single-group confirmatory factor analysis support the universal four-factor structure of general psychological health observed in Western samples. However, multigroup confirmatory factor analyses (i.e. split-sample cross-validation approach, conducted with invariance analyses) for a three-factor structure suggest that psychological health could have a less differentiated dimensional structure in some African populations. Theoretical and practical implications of the study results are discussed.
本研究在一个南非黑人样本（N = 523）中检验了一般健康问卷28项（GHQ - 28）的潜在因子结构。单组验证性因子分析结果支持在西方样本中观察到的一般心理健康的通用四因子结构。然而，对一个三因子结构进行的多组验证性因子分析（即采用不变性分析的拆分样本交叉验证方法）表明，在一些非洲人群中，心理健康可能具有分化程度较低的维度结构。本文讨论了研究结果的理论和实际意义。
