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The Structure of the Mental Health Inventory Among Chinese in Taiwan

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ID9101554
AuthorsJersey Liang (0000-0002-3210-2031, corresponding author), Shwu Chong Wu (National Taiwan University), N Krause (0000-0002-9979-2997, University of Michigan, corresponding author), Neal M Krause, Tung-Liang Chiang (0000-0002-7876-3943, National Taiwan University), Tung Liang Chiang, Hsin Ying Wu (National Taiwan University)
Year1992
Volume30
Issue8
Pages659-676
Publication date1992-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedical Care (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948
PublisherOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/00005650-199208000-00001
PMID1640764
OpenAlexW2032613962
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited18

This study attempted to ascertain the construct validity and external validity of the Mental Health Inventory in a Chinese population in Taiwan and contrast these results with results obtained from studies of several U.S. populations. In particular, a series of measurement models were specified and evaluated to address the issues of reliability and validity. Data were collected from personal interviews of a probability sample of 1,194 Chinese respondents 14 years of age and older in four townships in southwest Taiwan. The Mental Health Inventory was found to involve two major components: positive well-being and psychological distress. As a hierarchical structure, each component consists of one second-order and two or three first-order factors. The relationships between well-being and distress can be characterized as substantially independent and modestly bipolar depending on the level and specification

Chinese population · Construct (python library) · Construct validity · Distress · Environmental health · Mental distress · Mental health · Population · Power (physics) · Psychiatry · Psychological distress · Psychometrics · Reliability (semiconductor) · Sample (material) · Validity · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Health disparities and outcomes · Health, psychology, and well-being · Medicine · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology

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Unique citing works13
Citations per year0,38
Citation span1992 - 2026 (35)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 12
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