ArticleChild psychiatry and human development2024
Psychometric Properties of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale in a Sample of Adolescents from Ecuador.
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- Consistency as the Currency in Psychological Measures: A Reliability Generalization Meta-Analysis of Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K-10 and K-6).Depression and anxiety · 2024Pooled it
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- Assessing the suitability and psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the YP-CORE for adolescents in Latin America: a study in Ecuador.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Mixed-methods evaluation of a group psychosocial intervention for refugee, migrant and host community women in Ecuador and Panamá: Results from theGlobal mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2023Article
- The role of negative affects as mediators in the relationship between stress and mental health in Ecuadorian adolescents.Health psychology report · 2023Article
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Abstract
The Kessler psychological distress scale is a useful tool for identifying possible psychological problems and has been widely used in research and health services. Unfortunately, its application in various populations has not always been psychometrically supported. For this reason, the present study investigated the psychometric properties of its Spanish version in adolescents, verifying its factorial structure, measurement invariance by gender, internal consistency and the discrimination and difficulty parameters of its items according to the Item Response Theory (IRT). A sample of 5132 Ecuadorian adolescents was evaluated. The sample is equally distributed between male and female participants (50%) and basic and higher education (51% the former). All participants were between 11 and 20 years old. The results show that a 9-item version with correlated intercepts presents the best fit. In addition, it is invariant by gender at a strict level and has adequate internal consistency. IRT analyses indicated that all the items, except for item eight, present adequate discrimination and difficulty. Based on these results, we conclude that the 9-item version of the Psychological Distress Scale is the most appropriate for this population.
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