Reimagining the General Health Questionnaire as a measure of emotional wellbeing: A study of postpartum women in Malta

Abstract

Findings generally support the reliability and validity of the Maltese version of the GHQ-12(WB). Model fit changes over time reflect the dynamic nature of postpartum recovery. Further evaluation of the GHQ-8(WB) is recommended.

Alcohol consumption, smoking, and drug use in pregnancy: Prevalence and risk factors in Southern Thailand

“…Each item was rated 0, 0, 1, and 1 (“better than ever,” “same as ever,” “worse than ever,” or “much worse than ever”). A total score of 2 on this test suggests a “probable mental health problem.” The GHQ has been shown to have satisfactory psychometric properties among women in their third trimester of pregnancy and postnatal period in China and Malta (Ip & Martin, ; Spiteri, Jomeen, & Martin, ).…”

“…The GHQ has been shown to have satisfactory psychometric properties among women in their third trimester of pregnancy and postnatal period in China and Malta (Ip & Martin, 2006;Spiteri, Jomeen, & Martin, 2013 questions for each of 7 substance groups: alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, stimulants, sedatives, opioids, and other substances. For each of these, the ASSIST-Lite is scored: "not used in the past three months" (0), "used, but no other items positive" (1), "used and either test item positive" (2), and "used and both items positive" (3).…”

Influência da iluminação nas expressões emocionais de parturientes: ensaio clínico randomizado

“…On the other hand, when analyzing studies in the field of obstetrics, this emotion is only described in qualitative studies on obstetric violence, reaching the conclusion that pregnant women were unsatisfied with the care they received during childbirth. (7,(16)(17)(18) Ekman & Rosenberg (11) claim that "anger" controls, punishes, and retaliates. Thus, how can we imagine "anger" as the most present emotion in all childbirths in this study?…”

“…(1,18,19) Considering that humanity is only possible thanks to the primal and physiological event of childbirth, since nobody is born otherwise, the association that childbirth involves "anger" can be made. For a woman to physiologically consent her child to be born, she needs to rescue her animal side, the mammalian that exists within her body, regardless of her intellectual evolution.…”

A systematic review of measures of mental health and emotional wellbeing in parents of children aged 0–5

“…The most extensively validated measure was the GHQ but the results suggest it has poor validity in early years parenting samples. There were discrepancies reported in the structure of the GHQ, with 2 studies finding a 2-factor model to offer a superior fit to the data (Ip & Martin, 2006;Spiteri, Jomeen, & Martin, 2013) suggesting it may not be a unitary measure of psychological wellbeing. Furthermore, Aderibigbe and Gureje (1992) found that only 3 of the 4 subscales of the GHQ made a significant contribution to the discriminatory power of the GHQ.…”