The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6) as screening instrument: study of Iranian university students
Publish Year: 1397
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تاریخ نمایه سازی: 16 اردیبهشت 1398
Abstract:
The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6) provides brief diagnostic measure for psychological distress. The aim of the present study was to study the validity and usefulness of the K6 as screening instrument for psychiatric problems in non-clinical sample of Iranian university students. convenience sample of 157 Iranian volunteer students was selected from the Medical School in the Iran University of Medical Sciences. The students completed the K6 Scale and the Symptom Checklist 90 Revised (SCL-90-R). The mean score for the K6 was 9.39 (SD=5.48). Cronbach was 0.87. K6 scores correlated 0.62 with the SCL-90-R Anxiety score (ANX), and 0.77 with the Depression score (DEP). K6 items loaded on single factor labeled: Psychological Distress. The K6, therefore, had adequate psychometric properties and appears to be useful for screening non-clinical samples for the presence of psychiatric problems
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Mahboubeh Dadfar
School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health-Tehran Institute of Psychiatry, International Campus, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
David Lester
Psychology Program, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ, USA
Nahid Momeni Safarabad
Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khoram-Abad, Iran
Mohsen Roshanpajouh
Department of Addiction, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health-Tehran Institute of Psychiatry, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran