Psychometric properties of the positive mental health scale (PMH-scale)

  • \(\textbf{Background:}\) In recent years, it has been increasingly recognized that the absence of mental disorder is not the same as the presence of positive mental health (PMH). With the PMH-scale we propose a short, unidimensional scale for the assessment of positive mental health. The scale consists of 9 Likert-type items. \(\textbf{Methods:}\) The psychometric properties of the PMH-scale were tested in a series of six studies using samples from student (\(\it n\) = 5406), patient (\(\it n\) = 1547) and general (\(\it n\) = 3204) populations. Factorial structure and measurement equivalence were tested with the measurement invariance testing. The factor models were analysed with the maximum likelihood procedure. Internal consistency was examined using Cronbach’s alpha, test-retest reliability,convergent and divergent validity was examined by Pearson correlation. Sensitivity to (therapeutic) change was examined with the \(\it t\)-test. \(\textbf{Results:}\) Results confirmed unidimensionality, scalar invariance across samples and over time, high internal consistency, good retest-reliability, good convergent and discriminant validity as well as sensitivity to therapeutic change. \(\textbf{Conclusions:}\) These findings suggest that the PMH-Scale indeed measures a single concept and allows us to compare scores over groups and over time. The PMH-scale thus is a brief and easy to interpret instrument for measuring PMH across a large variety of relevant groups.

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Author:Justina LukatGND, Jürgen MargrafORCiDGND, Rainer LutzGND, William van der VeldGND, Eni Sabine BeckerGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-57830
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-016-0111-x
Parent Title (English):BMC Psychology
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2018/06/28
Date of first Publication:2016/02/10
Publishing Institution:Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek
Tag:Open Access Fonds
Volume:4
Issue:8
First Page:1
Last Page:14
Note:
Article Processing Charge funded by the Open Access Publication Fund of Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
Institutes/Facilities:Forschungs- und Behandlungszentrum für psychische Gesundheit
Dewey Decimal Classification:Philosophie und Psychologie / Psychologie
open_access (DINI-Set):open_access
faculties:Fakultät für Psychologie
Licence (English):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY 4.0 - Attribution 4.0 International