Mental Health Inventory for Infants: Scale Development and Japanese Infants’ Characteristics
Mental Health Inventory for Infants: Scale Development and Japanese Infants’ Characteristics
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婴儿心理健康量表：量表发展与日本婴儿的特点
DOI：
10.1007/s10826-017-0684-x
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发表时间：
2017
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Chizuru Misago
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作者：
Maiko Suto;Yosuke Kita;Kota Suzuki;Masumi Inagaki;Chizuru Misago
早期发现和治疗可促进婴儿心理健康问题的积极结果。本研究编制了一套简单可靠的婴幼儿心理健康筛查量表。参与者是579名主要照顾者，他们有2-6岁的日本婴儿。参与者使用婴儿心理健康问卷(MHII；在本研究中开发)对他们的孩子进行评估，该问卷包含24个项目。探索性因子分析确定了MHII因子结构；验证性因子分析检验了其因子效度。内部一致性和标准相关效度也被检验。易怒(8项)、躯体症状(6项)和不安全感(4项)被确定为MHII中的因素；这些因素中的每一项都衡量了婴儿心理健康的关键方面。MHII的内部一致性和量表的同质性是可以接受的，其标准相关效度得到支持。在这项研究中，男性婴儿比女性婴儿表现出更大的易怒和更少的不安全感。目前的结果支持了MHII的信度和效度；此外，他们还表明，照顾者可以使用MHII来快速筛查婴儿心理健康的三个关键方面。我们期待MHII将被用于早期发现婴儿的心理健康问题，以方便治疗。
Early detection and treatment promote positive outcomes in mental health problems among infants. This study developed a simple and reliable screening inventory for infants’ mental health. Participants were 579 primary caregivers who had Japanese infants aged 2–6 years. Participants evaluated their children using the Mental Health Inventory for Infants (MHII; developed in this study), which contains 24 items. Exploratory factorial analysis identified the MHII factor structure; confirmatory factorial analysis examined its factorial validity. Internal consistency and criterion-related validity were also examined. Irritability (8 items), somatic symptoms (6 items), and signs of insecurity (4 items) were identified as factors in the MHII; each of these factors measures a critical aspect of infants’ mental health. The MHII’s internal consistency and scale homogeneity were acceptable; its criterion-related validity was supported. In this study, male infants exhibited greater irritability and less insecurity than females. The present results support the MHII’s reliability and validity; additionally, they indicate that caregivers may use the MHII to quickly screen for three critical aspects of infants’ mental health. We expect that the MHII will be used for early detection of mental health difficulties in infants to facilitate treatment.