Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học đề tài : The positive mental health instrument: development and validation of a culturally relevant scale in a multi-ethnic asian population | Vaingankar et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9 92 http content 9 1 92 HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES RESEARCH Open Access The positive mental health instrument development and validation of a culturally relevant scale in a multi-ethnic asian population 1 f 1 f 1 1 2 Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar Mythily Subramaniam Siow Ann Chong Edimansyah Abdin Maria Orlando Edelen Louisa Picco1 Yee Wei Lim2 Mei Yen Phua1 Boon Yiang Chua1 Joseph YS Tee1 and Cathy Sherbourne2 Abstract Background Instruments to measure mental health and well-being are largely developed and often used within Western populations and this compromises their validity in other cultures. A previous qualitative study in Singapore demonstrated the relevance of spiritual and religious practices to mental health a dimension currently not included in exiting multi-dimensional measures. The objective of this study was to develop a self-administered measure that covers all key and culturally appropriate domains of mental health which can be applied to compare levels of mental health across different age gender and ethnic groups. We present the item reduction and validation of the Positive Mental Health PMH instrument in a community-based adult sample in Singapore. Methods Surveys were conducted among adult 21-65 years residents belonging to Chinese Malay and Indian ethnicities. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis EFA CFA were conducted and items were reduced using item response theory tests IRT . The final version of the PMH instrument was tested for internal consistency and criterion validity. Items were tested for differential item functioning DIF to check if items functioned in the same way across all subgroups. Results EFA and CFA identified six first-order factor structure General coping Personal growth and autonomy Spirituality Interpersonal skills Emotional support and Global affect under one higher-order dimension of Positive Mental Health RMSEA CFI TLI .
