Name: | Description: | Size: | Format: | |
---|---|---|---|---|
551.06 KB | Adobe PDF |
Advisor(s)
Abstract(s)
The development of measures of children and
adolescents’ subjective well-being is crucial to the conceptualization
and evaluation of positive mental health.
The aim of this study was to investigate the factorial
structure and invariance of the Mental Health ContinuumShort
Form (MHC-SF—adolescents) across children and
youths. Participants were from two different samples: 208
elementary school children (sample 1) and 216 middle
school youths (sample 2). Results confirmed the three-dimensional
structure of subjective well-being in both samples.
The three sub-scales of the MHCSF yielded high
internal consistency and results from the HTMT85 indicated
discriminant validity. Measurement invariance testing
across three different age groups (7–8, 9–10 and
11–14 years) confirmed the full metric and approximate
scalar invariance of the MHC-SF. Full scalar invariance
was achieved across gender. The study also compared the
latent means for mental well-being in the three age groups,
and found that the younger groups showed significantly
higher levels of wellbeing. The present research study
strongly suggests that the MHC-SF (adolescents) is an
appropriate instrument to measure the positive mental
health and well-being of children and pre-adolescents as
multidimensional construct.
Description
Keywords
MHC-SF Children Youths Measurement invariance Well-being
Citation
Journal of Child and Family Studies. doi:10.1007/s10826-016-0396-7
Publisher
Springer