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Korean Journal of Psychology: General

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Psychometric Evaluation of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) in South Koreans

Korean Journal of Psychology: General / Korean Journal of Psychology: General, (P)1229-067X; (E)2734-1127
2012, v.31 no.2, pp.369-386




& (2012). Psychometric Evaluation of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) in South Koreans. Korean Journal of Psychology: General, 31(2), 369-386.

Abstract

A continuous assessment and a categorical diagnosis of the presence of mental well-being, characterized as flourishing, and the absence of mental well-being, described as languishing, are applied to a random sample of 1,000 South Korean adults. The aim here is to examine the factorial structure, reliability, and convergent/discriminant validity of a Korean version of the Mental Health Continuum short form (K-MHC-SF). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) confirmed the 3-factor structure in emotional, social, and psychological well-being. The internal consistency of the overall K-MHC-SF was .93 and its test-retest reliability was .72. The total score on the K-MHC-SF correlated .54 with a measure of psychosocial functioning, showing convergent validity. In addition, criteria for the categorical diagnosis were applied, and findings revealed that 8.1% were flourishing, 72.8% were moderately mentally healthy, and 19.1% were languishing. Another CFA supported the hypothesized two-continua model of mental health and mental illness, showing discriminant validity. The results of the present study suggest that the K-MHC-SF is a psychometrically sound instrument for measuring the three dimensions of mental well-being.

keywords
정신적 웰빙, 정신건강, 정신장애, K-MHC-SF, Mental well-being, mental health, mental illness, K-MHC-SF

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