Department of Health Psychology, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Avda. de la Universidad s/n, Alicante 03202, Spain.
Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Psychiatry Res. 2019 Apr;274:247-253. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.02.045. Epub 2019 Feb 20.
The Mental Health Inventory-5 (MHI-5) is a brief, valid, and reliable international instrument for assessing mental health in adults. The aim of the present study is to examine the psychometric properties of the MHI-5 in children and adolescents. A sample of 595 students (10-15 years old) completed the MHI-5 Spanish version adapted for this study, as well as another measure of anxiety and depression symptoms, and a clinical interview as a gold standard. The overall coefficient obtained indicate good internal consistency. A unique factor solution explaining a 53.70% and a two-factor structure explaining 69.20% of the total variance were obtained. The correlations with total and subscale scores of anxiety and depression were significant. A ROC analysis showed good properties as a screening test to predict anxiety and depressive diagnoses in children and adolescents. The Revised MHI-5 presents two essential changes: a simplified 4-point response format and a new factor solution including distress and well-being. These outcomes show that the Revised MHI-5 is a brief, valid, and reliable measure to bidimensionally assess mental health and screening emotional disorders in children and adolescents.
《心理健康量表-5（MHI-5）》是一种简短、有效且可靠的国际工具，用于评估成年人的心理健康。本研究旨在检验 MHI-5 在儿童和青少年中的心理测量学特性。一个 595 名学生（10-15 岁）的样本完成了本研究中适应的 MHI-5 西班牙语版本，以及另一种焦虑和抑郁症状的测量以及作为金标准的临床访谈。总体系数表明具有良好的内部一致性。获得了一个解释总方差 53.70%的独特因子解决方案和一个解释总方差 69.20%的两因素结构。与焦虑和抑郁的总分和分量表得分的相关性显著。ROC 分析表明，该量表作为一种筛查测试，具有很好的特性，可以预测儿童和青少年的焦虑和抑郁诊断。修订后的 MHI-5 有两个重要的变化：简化的 4 点反应格式和包含痛苦和幸福感的新因子解决方案。这些结果表明，修订后的 MHI-5 是一种简短、有效且可靠的工具，可以对儿童和青少年的心理健康进行双维度评估和筛查情绪障碍。
