Validity of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) in detecting depressive and anxiety disorders among high school students

Baksheev, Gennady; Robinson, Jo; Cosgrave, Elizabeth; Baker, Kathryn; Yung, Alison R.

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2010.10.010

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“…The GHQ-12 focuses on breaks in normal function, rather than upon lifelong traits. The GHQ-12 has shown to have internal consistency reliability and criterion and construct validity (e.g., Baksheev, Robinson, Cosgrave, Baker, & Yung, 2011;Ye, 2009). Costello and Comrey (1967) scales assess Depression (14 items) and Anxiety (9 items) as traits rather than states.…”

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Gratitude and mental health: differences between religious and general gratitude in a Muslim context

Aghababaei

Tabik

2013

Mental Health, Religion & Culture

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The present study examined the relation of religious gratitude and dispositional gratitude with mental health, subjective well-being and personality among a sample of 256 Iranian students. The two types of gratitude were associated with higher levels of mental health and well-being. Agreeableness and Conscientiousness were the strongest personality correlates of both types of gratitude. Dispositional gratitude showed stronger relationship with mental health, subjective well-being and personality factors. Dispositional gratitude also out-predicted the religious gratitude in relation with mental health and subjective well-being, showing that religious gratitude compared to dispositional gratitude has less effect on mental health and well-being.

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Gratitude and mental health: differences between religious and general gratitude in a Muslim context

Aghababaei

Tabik

2013

Mental Health, Religion & Culture

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“…It discriminates well between cases and non-cases of psychiatric disorders (Cano et al, 2001). Although designed for adults, the scale has been used successfully with adolescents (Baksheev et al, 2011;Goldberg and Williams, 1988). Each item assesses the frequency with which the participant has experienced a particular symptom over the past month (e.g., "Feeling unhappy and depressed"), using a scale ranging from 1 ('never') to 4 ('all the time').…”

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Identification with social groups is associated with mental health in adolescents: Evidence from a Scottish community sample

Miller

Wakefield

Sani

2015

Psychiatry Research

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“…The GHQ-12 tends to have good specificity, reliability, and reasonably high sensitivity [19,20]. Since its development by Goldberg [9], the GHQ has now being used in many different countries/cultures and has been translated into 38 languages; a testament to the validity and reliability of the questionnaire [21][22][23][24][25]. Other features that have not been fully explored on the GHQ-12 is the factor structure that underlies the instrument responses.…”

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The factor structure of the general health questionnaire (GHQ12) in Saudi Arabia

El-Metwally

Javed

Razzak

et al. 2018

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background: The General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) is one of the most unique and extensively used selfreport instruments for evaluating psychological disorders and strains. However, the factor structure of GHQ-12 has not been fully explored. The current study aims to assess the factorial structure of GHQ-12 in a large cross-sectional data-set extracted from Al Kharj central region of Saudi Arabia. Methods: Population based cross sectional data was extracted from January 2016 to June 2016 from Al Kharj population recruiting 1019 respondents aged 18 and above. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was applied together with multiple regression analysis to extract and retain factors. Mean GHQ-12 score for demographic and healthrelated traits were used for assessing this association. Statistical analysis was carried out using STATA version 12.1. Results: Three factors, including social dysfunction, anxiety, and loss of confidence were extracted from the factor structure. 55% of the overall variance was obtained through these factors. Total score of GHQ-12 ranged from 0 to 32 with a mean score of 12. Conclusion: Investigation of the factor structure of GHQ-12 demonstrated that GHQ-12 is a good measure for evaluating the general health of Saudi population. Future studies based on a larger sample size of non-clinical respondents will be useful to evaluate the practical effectiveness of GHQ-12 factors.

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Validity of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) in detecting depressive and anxiety disorders among high school students

Cited by 96 publications

References 42 publications

Gratitude and mental health: differences between religious and general gratitude in a Muslim context

Gratitude and mental health: differences between religious and general gratitude in a Muslim context

Identification with social groups is associated with mental health in adolescents: Evidence from a Scottish community sample

The factor structure of the general health questionnaire (GHQ12) in Saudi Arabia

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