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Older adults' mental health factor structure stability — self-reports and confidant-reports
Author(s)	Charles A Guarnaccia, Alex J Zautra
Journal title	Journal of Mental Health and Aging, vol 4, no 3, Fall 1998
Pages	pp 307-321
Keywords	Dementia ; Cognitive processes ; Evaluation.
Annotation	The factor structures of three reports of an older adult version of the Mental Health Inventory (MHI) were compared in this study. This measure is the predecessor from which the Mental Health subscale of the Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short Form General Health Survey (SF-36) was developed. Temporal stability of MHI scores was assessed using two monthly Self-reports of 117 older adults aged between 60 and 80. Robustness to change in rater was evaluated using the first MHI Self-Report and a matched Confidant-Report. Convergent and discriminant validity was evaluated. Factor structure comparisons were made by progressively forcing parameters equal between confirmatory factor analysis models. Factor structure of the MHI was robust with respect to both re-test and change in reporter. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-981202403 A
Classmark	EA: DA: 4C
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