Background
The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ)
The Subjective Vitality Scale (VS)
The relationship between the two instruments
Methods
Translation and data collection
Measures
1. The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12)
2. The Subjective Vitality Scale (VS)
Statistical analysis
Ethics
Results
Descriptive findings
Factor analysis and internal consistency
1. The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12)
Latent model | χ2
| df | GFI | AGFI | RMSEA | χ2/df |
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GHQ-12
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One factor | 485.26 | 54 | 0.72 | 0.63 | 0.2 | 8.99 |
Two factor | 71.96 | 34 | 0.93 | 0.90 | 0.02 | 2.11* |
Three factor | 115.45 | 51 | 0.92 | 0.90 | 0.03 | 2.26* |
VS
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One factor | 99.86 | 9 | 0.90 | 0.89 | 0.2 | 11.01 |
2. The Subjective Vitality Scale (VS)
Relationship between the GHQ-12 and the VS
Correlations | |||||||
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1. The VS score
| 22.4 | 7.4 | 1.00 | ||||
2. GHQ-12, anxiety and depression
| 7.8 | 6.7 | -0.10 | 1.00 | |||
3. GHQ-12, social dysfunction
| 3.7 | 4.50 | -0.08 | 0.08 | 1.00 | ||
4. GH-12, loss of confidence
| 5.9 | 2.2 | -0.01 | 0.02 | -0.09 | 1.00 | |
5. Total score of the GHQ-12
| 17.4 | 8.0 | -0.71* | 0.79* | 0.49* | 0.26* | 1.00 |