THE USE OF THE GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE AS AN INDICATOR OF MENTAL-HEALTH IN OCCUPATIONAL STUDIES
THE USE OF THE GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE AS AN INDICATOR OF MENTAL-HEALTH IN OCCUPATIONAL STUDIES
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10.1111/j.2044-8325.1980.tb00024.x
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发表时间：
1980-01-01
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WALL, TD
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BANKS, MH;CLEGG, CW;WALL, TD
本文考察了一种现有的心理健康测量方法——GHQ‐12的心理测量特性，这是在三项研究中发现的，这些研究涉及一家工程公司的员工（n= 659）、最近离校的员工（n= 647）和失业男性（n= 92）。该测量在所有情况下都是心理测量学上合理的，与参数统计分析中更常用的“GHQ分数”相比，李克特评分方法提供了更可接受的分数分布。研究发现，在一个样本中，失业人群的GHQ‐12得分要高得多（表明心理健康状况较差），女性高于男性，且与年龄、工作水平和婚姻状况无关。
This paper examines the psychometric properties of an existing measure of mental health, the GHQ‐12, as revealed in three studies involving employees in an engineering firm (n= 659), recent school‐leavers (n= 647), and unemployed men (n= 92). The measure was shown to be psychometrically sound in all cases, with a Likert scoring method providing a more acceptable distribution of scores than the more commonly deployed ‘ GHQ score ’ for use in parametric statistical analyses. Scores on GHQ‐12 were found to be much higher (indicating lower mental health) for those who were unemployed, higher for women than for men in one sample, and unrelated to age, job level and marital status.