Salutogenic constructs across Pakistan and Germany: a cross sectional study

• Akhtar Bibi ^[1] ; Muyu Lin ^[1] ; Jürgen Margraf ^[1]
  1. [1] Ruhr University Bochum

     Ruhr University Bochum

     Kreisfreie Stadt Bochum, Alemania

     
• Localización: International journal of clinical and health psychology, ISSN 1697-2600, Vol. 20, Nº. 1, 2020, págs. 1-9
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2019.10.001
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Constructos de salud en Pakistán y Alemania: un estudio transversal
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  • español

    Antecedentes/Objetivo Los factores de protección son relevantes para la salud mental en general. Sin embargo, la universalidad de los instrumentos ha sido raramente probada. Por lo tanto, el presente estudio tiene como objetivo examinar las propiedades psicométricas y la invariabilidad de las mediciones interculturales de constructos salutogénicos.

    Método Se recogieron datos de estudiantes universitarios de Pakistán (n = 1.841) y Alemania (n = 7.890). El análisis confirmatorio de un solo grupo (CFA) y el CFA de múltiples grupos fueron probados para examinar la estructura de factores propuesta y la invariabilidad de la medición de la Escala de Salud Mental Positiva, la Escala de Resiliencia, el Cuestionario de Apoyo Social Percibido y la Escala de Satisfacción de Vida a través de muestras de estudiantes de Pakistán y Alemania, respectivamente.

    Resultados Encontramos una fuerte invariancia en las mediciones de la Positive Mental Health Scale, la Life Satisfaction Scale, y una medición parcial fuerte en la Resilience Scale y el Perceived Social Support Questionnaire.

    Conclusiones Los resultados indican que estas escalas podrían recomendarse para la comparación significativa de los medios latentes entre culturas. La comprensión de estas diferencias aumentaría aún más nuestro conocimiento sobre el mecanismo que subyace a la salud mental positiva.

  • English

    Background/Objective Protective factors are relevant for mental health in general, however, universality of the instruments has been rarely tested. Therefore, the current study aimed to examine psychometric properties and cross-cultural measurement invariance of salutogenic constructs.

    Method Data was collected from university students of Pakistan (n = 1,841) and Germany (n = 7,890). Single-group confirmatory analysis (CFA) and multiple-group CFA was tested to examine the proposed factor structure and measurement invariance of Positive Mental Health Scale, Resilience Scale, Perceived Social Support Questionnaire, and Life Satisfaction Scale across student samples from Pakistan and Germany respectively.

    Results We found strong measurement invariance for the Positive Mental Health Scale, Life Satisfaction Scale, and partial strong measurement for the Resilience Scale, and Perceived Social Support Questionnaire.

    Conclusions The results indicate that these scales could be recommended for the meaningful comparison of latent means across cultures. Understanding these differences would further advance our knowledge about the mechanism underlying positive mental health.

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