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A reliability and validity study of the Korean Version of Behavioral Health Questionnaire 20 (K-BHQ-20)

The Korean Journal of Health Psychology / The Korean Journal of Health Psychology, (P)1229-070X; (E)2713-9581
2007, v.12 no.4, pp.939-950
https://doi.org/10.17315/kjhp.2007.12.4.016


& (2007). A reliability and validity study of the Korean Version of Behavioral Health Questionnaire 20 (K-BHQ-20). The Korean Journal of Health Psychology, 12(4), 939-950, https://doi.org/10.17315/kjhp.2007.12.4.016

Abstract

Behavioral Health Questionnaire-20 is a self-report instrument assessing the status of mental health and the effects of psychotherapy. While most of the mental health assessments focus on psychological symptoms, BHQ-20 aims to monitor overall mental health over time(especially across psychotherapy sessions) by including scales of Well-Being and Life Functioning as well as a scale of Symptoms. The present study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Korean version of the Behavioral Health Questionnaire-20(K-BHQ-20). We gave the K-BHQ-20 to 400 college students in Pohang. The 4 constructs of the K-BHQ-20 investigated by factor-analyzing were 'Psychological Symptoms', 'Well-Being of School Life', 'Drinking/Eating Problem' and 'Social Life Functioning'. The K-BHQ-20's concurrent validity was supported by correlations with Mt and BDI. Support was also found for the reliability of internal consistency measure(Chronbach's alpha). The present study demonstrated that the K-BHQ-20, a relatively brief questionnaire, is a valid and reliable measure for assessing university students' mental health. To further prove the validity of the K-BHQ-20 as a measure assessing the effectiveness of psychotherapy, the future research needs to determine whether the K-BHQ-20 can detect responsiveness to psychotherapy or recovery across therapy sessions in university counseling service.

keywords
행동건강 척도, 심리치료의 효과, 대학생활 적응, 정신건강 측정도구, BHQ-20, K-BHQ-20, psychometric, Behavioral health scale, Mental health, BHQ-20.

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