Test of Validity and Reliability of the Adolescent Mental Problem Questionnaire for Korean High School Students

Kim, Soo Jin; Lee, Chung Sook; Kweon, Young Ran; Oh, Mi Ra; Kim, Bo Young

doi:10.4040/jkan.2009.39.5.700

J Korean Acad Nurs. 2009 Oct;39(5):700-708. Korean.
Published online Oct 31, 2009.
https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2009.39.5.700

Original Article

Test of Validity and Reliability of the Adolescent Mental Problem Questionnaire for Korean High School Students

Soo Jin Kim,¹ Chung Sook Lee,¹ Young Ran Kweon,² Mi Ra Oh,³ and Bo Young Kim⁴

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- ¹Professor, College of Nursing, Chonnam National University Chonnam National University Research Institute of Nursing Science, Gwangju, Korea.
- ²Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea.
- ³Part-time Lecturer, Department of Statistics, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea.
- ⁴Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse, Gwangju Namgu Mental Health Center, Gwangju, Korea.
Address reprint requests to: Kweon, Young-Ran. Department of Nursing, Chosun University, 375 Seoseok-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-759, Korea. Tel: 82-62-230-6325, Fax: 82-62-230-6329, Email: yrk@chosun.ac.kr

Received April 02, 2009; Accepted September 18, 2009.

Abstract

Purpose

This study was done to test the validity and reliability of the Adolescent Mental Problem Questionnaire (AMPQ) for Korean high school students.

Methods

The AMPQ was designed to assess adolescents' mental health status and problem behavior (Ahn, 2006). A methodological study design was used with exploratory factor analysis, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and a fitness of the modified model for validity. Also, Cronbach's alpha coefficients and alternative-form method for reliability were used. AMPQ was tested with a sample of 36,313 high school students. The participants consisted of 18,701 males and 17,612 females.

Results

Seven factors were extracted through factor analysis: 'Psychiatric problems', 'Delinquency', 'Academic troubles', 'Family problems', 'Hazardous behavior', 'Harmful circumstance', 'Eating problems'. These factors explained 51.1% of the total variance. The fitness of the modified model was good (χ²=38,413.76, Goodness of Fit Index [GFI]=.94, Adjusted Goodness of Fit Index [AGFI]=.93, Comparative Fit Index [CFI]=.95, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation [RMSEA]=.05), and concurrent validity with Korea-Youth Self-Report [K-YSR] was .63. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the 31 items was .85.

Conclusion

The results of present study suggest that the modified AMPQ instrument may be useful for efficiently assessing mental health status and problem behavior in late adolescent, high school students.

Keywords

Adolescent; AMPQ; Validity; Reliability

Figures

Figure 1
Result of confirmatory factor analysis (structure of factor). S1=internal problems; S2=external problems; F1=psychiatric problems; F2=delinquency; F3=academic troubles; F4=family problems; F5=hazardous behavior; F6=harmful circumstance; F7=eating problems.

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Tables

Table 1
Result of Factor Analysis (Principal Axis Factoring-Varimax)

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Table 2
Correlations among Factors

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Table 3
Concurrent Validity of AMPQ

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Table 4
Reliability Tests of Internal Consistency

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