Abstract
The present study examines the psychometric properties of the mental health scale for children used in the 2015 Colombian Mental Health Survey. To do so, a nationally representative sample of 2,727 children is used Mage=8.99; range=7-11, with reports from their main caregivers regarding 26 mental health problem symptoms taken from the Reporting Questionnaire for Children (RQC), Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), and the Brief Screening and Diagnostic Questionnaire (CBTD). Classical test theory and factor analysis were conducted to analyze the classical location and information of each item, along with the dimensionality, reliability, and convergent validity of the scale. Item Response Theory (IRT) was used in order to estimate theoretically invariant item parameters for location and information. Findings reveal that the mental health scale for children has adequate psychometric properties for its use in Colombia. Furthermore, irt analyses reveals a set of items that maximize information and that may be used in future administrations when more efficiency is warranted.
Publisher
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Subject
General Psychology,Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Reference33 articles.
1. Aarons, G. A., Monn, A. R., Leslie, L. K., Garland, A. F., Lugo, L., Hough, R. L., & Brown, S. A. (2008). Association between mental and physical health problems in high-risk adolescents: a longitudinal study. The Journal of Adolescent Health : official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 43, 260-267. https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.01.013
2. Achenbach, T. M. (1999). The Child Behavior Checklist and related instruments. In M. E. Maruish (Ed.), The use of psychological testing for treatment planning and outcomes assessment (pp. 429-466). NJ, US: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
3. Achenbach, T. M., & Ruffle, T. M. (2000). The Child Behavior Checklist and Related Forms for Assessing Behavioral/Emotional Problems and Competencies. Pediatrics in Review, 21, 265-271. https://doi. org/10.1542/pir.21-8-265
4. Ahmad, A., Abdul-Majeed, A. M., Siddiq, A. A., Jabar, F., Qahar, J., Rasheed, J., & von Knorring, A.-L. (2007). Reporting Questionnaire for Children as a Screening Instrument for Child Mental Health Problems in Iraqi Kurdistan. Transcultural Psychiatry, 44, 5-26. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363461507074949
5. Alkire, S., & Foster, J. (2011). Counting and multidimensional poverty measurement. Journal of Public Economics, 95, 476-487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j. jpubeco.2010.11.006
Cited by
1 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献