The structure of the mental health inventory among Chinese in Taiwan

Jersey Liang; Shwu Chong Wu; Neal M. Krause; Tung Liang Chiang; Hsin Ying Wu

doi:10.1097/00005650-199208000-00001

The structure of the mental health inventory among Chinese in Taiwan

Jersey Liang^*, Shwu Chong Wu, Neal M. Krause, Tung Liang Chiang, Hsin Ying Wu

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	659-676
Number of pages	18
Journal	Medical Care
Volume	30
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00005650-199208000-00001
State	Published - 08 1992
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Chinese
Mental health inventory
Structural equation modeling
Taiwanese

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