¿Afecta la forma de puntuación la estructura factorial del GHQ-12? Estudio exploratorio en estudiantes iberoamericanos

Título traducido de la contribución: A forma de pontuação do GHQ-12 afeta o fator de estrutura do instrumento? Estudo exploratório sobre estudantes ibero-americanos

Alfonso Urzúa, Alejandra Caqueo-Urízar, Mariana Bargsted, Matías Irarrázaval

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This study aimed to evaluate whether the scoring system of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) alters the instrument’s factor structure. The method considered 1,972 university students from nine Ibero American countries. Modeling was performed with structural equations for 1, 2, and 3 latent factors. The mechanism for scoring the questions was analyzed within each type of structure. The results indicate that models with 2 and 3 factors show better goodness-of-fit. In relation to scoring mechanisms, procedure 0-1-1-1 for models with 2 and 3 factors showed the best fit. In conclusion, there appears to be a relationship between the response format and the number of factors identified in the instrument’s structure. The model with the best fit was 3-factor 0-1-1-1-formatted, but 0-1-2-3 has acceptable and more stable indicators and provides a better format for two- and three-dimensional models.

Título traducido de la contribuciónA forma de pontuação do GHQ-12 afeta o fator de estrutura do instrumento? Estudo exploratório sobre estudantes ibero-americanos
Idioma originalPortugués
Páginas (desde-hasta)1305-1312
Número de páginas8
PublicaciónCadernos de Saude Publica
Volumen31
N.º6
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 1 ene. 2015

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