Department of Humanities.
Institute of Social Medicine, Faculty of medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Health Promot Int. 2021 Dec 23;36(6):1530-1538. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daaa119.
Psychological distress in university students represents a rising public health concern. The complexity of this phenomenon calls for a more in-depth scrutiny, in order to address the wide diversity of mental health issues that may arise in this population. The instrument designed for the purpose of measuring the student-specific distress is needed. An appropriate tool is the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms 62 (CCAPS-62), multidimensional scale widely used at many universities. The objective of the present study was to translate, culturally adapt and psychometrically validate CCAPS-62 in Serbian student population. A total of 1326 Belgrade University students were recruited from twelve different faculties. Considering the possible culturally conditioned differences in the quality of distress both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed. The results of the exploratory factor analysis supported the eight-factor model with the item composition of the factors different to a certain extent from the original version. This measurement model was verified by confirmatory factor analysis. Findings demonstrated good internal consistency for the total scale as well as for the eight subscales applied among Serbian students. Implications are discussed with respect to the cultural context of mental health concerns in student population.
大学生的心理困扰是一个日益严重的公共卫生问题。这种现象很复杂，需要更深入地研究，以解决这一人群中可能出现的广泛的心理健康问题。需要设计一种专门用于测量学生特定困扰的工具。一种合适的工具是咨询中心心理症状评估 62 项（CCAPS-62），这是一种多维量表，在许多大学广泛使用。本研究的目的是在塞尔维亚学生群体中翻译、文化适应和心理测量验证 CCAPS-62。从 12 个不同学院共招募了 1326 名贝尔格莱德大学的学生。考虑到困扰质量在文化上可能存在差异，因此进行了探索性和验证性因素分析。探索性因素分析的结果支持了具有八项因素的模型，这些因素的项目组成在一定程度上与原始版本不同。该测量模型通过验证性因素分析得到验证。研究结果表明，该量表以及应用于塞尔维亚学生的八个分量表的整体内部一致性良好。讨论了这些发现对学生群体心理健康问题的文化背景的影响。
