Donnelly A, O'Reilly A, Dolphin L, O'Keeffe L, Moore J
The National Centre for Youth Mental Health, Ireland.
Acquired Brain Injury Ireland, Ireland.
Ir J Psychol Med. 2019 Sep;36(3):201-205. doi: 10.1017/ipm.2018.55. Epub 2019 Feb 26.
Mental health is regarded as more than the absence of mental health difficulties, with clinical and research focus moving towards measurement of well-being. The Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) was developed to assess overall and emotional, social and psychological well-being. Little is known about the use of the MHC-SF with young people engaging with mental health services. The current pilot study sought to examine the performance of the MHC-SF in an Irish primary care youth mental health service for 12-25 year olds.
A sample of 229 young people (female n=143; male n=85, unknown n=1) aged 12-24 years (M=15.87, SD=2.51) who completed the MHC-SF prior to commencing their first intervention session in Jigsaw participated in this study. The psychometric properties of the MHC-SF were investigated using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and Cronbach's alpha for internal consistency.
CFA supported the three-factor structure of the MHC-SF for emotional, social, and psychological well-being, and very good internal consistency was observed.
Findings provide evidence for the psychometric properties of the MHC-SF in a primary care youth mental health setting, and suggest that the MHC-SF's three-factor structure is valid for use in this context. Limitations and recommendations for future research are discussed.
心理健康不仅仅被视为没有心理健康问题，临床和研究重点正朝着幸福感的测量转移。心理健康连续体简表（MHC-SF）旨在评估总体幸福感以及情感、社交和心理幸福感。对于在接受心理健康服务的年轻人中使用MHC-SF的情况，我们了解甚少。当前的试点研究旨在检验MHC-SF在爱尔兰针对12至25岁青少年的初级保健青少年心理健康服务中的表现。
229名年龄在12至24岁（M = 15.87，标准差 = 2.51）的年轻人（女性n = 143；男性n = 85，1人信息未知）参与了本研究，他们在参加拼图计划的首次干预课程之前完成了MHC-SF。使用验证性因子分析（CFA）和用于内部一致性的克朗巴哈系数来研究MHC-SF的心理测量特性。
CFA支持MHC-SF关于情感、社交和心理幸福感的三因素结构，并且观察到了非常好的内部一致性。
研究结果为MHC-SF在初级保健青少年心理健康环境中的心理测量特性提供了证据，并表明MHC-SF的三因素结构在此背景下有效。讨论了研究的局限性和对未来研究的建议。
