Development of Screening Test for Adolescent Mental Health and Problem Behavior.
- Author:
Seung Ah JUNG
1
;
Dong Hyun AHN
;
Sun Yuo CHUNG
;
Youn Gyung JEONG
;
Yun Yung KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. ahndh@hanyang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
AMPQ;
Screening questionnaire;
Adolescent mental health;
Problem behavior
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Humans;
Mass Screening;
Mental Health;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
2008;47(2):168-176
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to develop the screening questionnaire (Adolescent Mental Health and Problem Behavior Questionnaire, AMPQ) for detecting mental health problems and various problem behaviors in adolescents. METHODS: First, six main domains of questionnaire were defined and preliminary sub-items were collected through literature study, consultation data from field mental health experts, and preliminary survey study. Next, with these 52 preliminary items, we conducted nationwide survey on 1,267 middle and high school students of five districts of Korea. RESULTS: Through reliability test and factor analysis 34 items were finally filtered out. The Cronbach's alpha of these 34 items was .88. And correlation with K-YSR and K-CBCL were .34 (p<.01) and .68 (p<.01). CONCLUSION: AMPQ, which is comprised of relatively short list of items and at the same time covers overall mental health and problem behaviors in adolescents can be used by non-professionals as a screening questionnaire in school settings or mental health centers.
