Spangenberg Lena, Zenger Markus, Rief Winfried, Brähler Elmar, Glaesmer Heide
University of Leipzig, Germany
University of Leipzig, Germany.
J Health Psychol. 2014 Oct;19(10):1302-8. doi: 10.1177/1359105313488980. Epub 2013 Jun 5.
Previous work suggests a four-factor structure of the Modern Health Worries Scale. This study is the first to investigate its dimensionality and factorial invariance across age and sex in a representative population sample (N = 2524) using confirmatory factor analysis. The proposed four-factor model failed to achieve good model fit. Model fit was optimized by allowing correlating error terms resulting in acceptable model fit. Multi-group analysis revealed invariance across age and sex. Our study proved the proposed four-factor structure across age and sex. Consequently, the Modern Health Worries Scale can be applied in general population surveys using subscale scores.
先前的研究表明现代健康担忧量表具有四因素结构。本研究首次使用验证性因素分析，在一个具有代表性的人群样本（N = 2524）中调查其在年龄和性别上的维度和因素不变性。所提出的四因素模型未能实现良好的模型拟合。通过允许相关误差项来优化模型拟合，从而得到可接受的模型拟合。多组分析揭示了年龄和性别上的不变性。我们的研究证明了所提出的四因素结构在年龄和性别上的适用性。因此，现代健康担忧量表可用于使用分量表得分的一般人群调查。
