Development and validation of the Rapid Positive Mental Health Instrument (R-PMHI) for measuring mental health outcomes in the population

• Main Authors: Vaingankar, Janhavi Ajit, Abdin, Edimansyah, van Dam, Robertus Martinus, Chong, Siow Ann, Tan, Linda Wei Lin, Sambasivam, Rajeswari, Seow, Esmond, Chua, Boon Yiang, Wee, Hwee Lin, Lim, Wei Yen, Subramaniam, Mythily
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Partial Credit Rasch Model; Split-half Sample
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146304
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: The multidimensional Positive Mental Health Instrument (PMHI) has 47 items and six subscales. This study aimed to develop and validate a short unidimensional version of the PMHI among Singapore’s adult resident population. Methods: Using pooled data from three earlier studies (n = 1050),...