caa a22 4500 445848863 CHVBK 20180317145407.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10597-010-9312-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10597-010-9312-6 Development and Validation of the Arab Youth Mental Health Scale [Elektronische Daten] [Jihad Makhoul, Rima Nakkash, Taghreed El Hajj, Sawsan Abdulrahim, Mayada Kanj, Ziyad Mahfoud, Rema Afifi] A variety of measures of mental health have been used with youth. The reason for choosing one scale over another in any given situation is rarely stated, and cross-cultural validation is scarce. Psychometric testing is crucial before utilizing any measure of mental health with a certain population, due to possible cultural variations in interpreting meaning. The research reported herein describes the development and psychometric testing of the Arab Youth Mental Health Scale. The process included 5 phases: (1) reviewing existing scales leading to the identification of 14 non-clinical and relatively short mental health scales used previously with youth; (2) rating the scales by the researchers and community members leading to the identification of 3 scales with apt structure, and that were judged to be suitable, applicable, and appropriate; (3) soliciting youth input to assess comprehension of each item in the selected 3 scales and to discover context specific mental health related feelings, thoughts, and expressions; (4) seeking expert opinion to classify items remaining after phase 3 that measured common mental disorders, and to limit repetitiveness; and (5) testing for psychometric properties of the 28 items that remained after the previous 4 phases. The contribution of each phase to the process is described separately. Results of the exploratory principal component analysis resulted in one factor which explained 28% of the variance and for which 21 items loaded above an eigenvalue of 0.5. No other factor added significantly to the explanation of variance, nor had items that added theoretical or conceptual constructs. The process of soliciting feedback from youth groups, the community and professionals; and of field testing was challenging; but resulted in a contextually sensitive, culturally appropriate and reliable scale to measure mental health of youth. We recommend that researchers measuring mental health of youth critically analyze the relevance of existing scales to their context; consider using the AYMH scale if appropriate to their target population; and when needed, use a similar methodology to construct a relevant, culturally and contextually sensitive measure. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Mental health nationallicence Validation nationallicence Arab nationallicence Youth nationallicence Makhoul Jihad Department of Health Behavior and Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Riad El Solh, P.O. Box 11-0236, 1107 2020, Beirut, Lebanon aut Nakkash Rima Department of Health Behavior and Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Riad El Solh, P.O. Box 11-0236, 1107 2020, Beirut, Lebanon aut El Hajj Taghreed Department of Health Behavior and Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Riad El Solh, P.O. Box 11-0236, 1107 2020, Beirut, Lebanon aut Abdulrahim Sawsan Department of Health Behavior and Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Riad El Solh, P.O. Box 11-0236, 1107 2020, Beirut, Lebanon aut Kanj Mayada Department of Health Behavior and Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Riad El Solh, P.O. Box 11-0236, 1107 2020, Beirut, Lebanon aut Mahfoud Ziyad Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Riad El Solh, P.O. Box 11-0236, 1107 2020, Beirut, Lebanon aut Afifi Rema Department of Health Behavior and Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Riad El Solh, P.O. Box 11-0236, 1107 2020, Beirut, Lebanon aut Community Mental Health Journal Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 47/3(2011-06-01), 331-340 0010-3853 47:3<331 2011 47 10597 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9312-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9312-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Makhoul Jihad Department of Health Behavior and Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Riad El Solh, P.O. Box 11-0236, 1107 2020, Beirut, Lebanon aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nakkash Rima Department of Health Behavior and Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Riad El Solh, P.O. Box 11-0236, 1107 2020, Beirut, Lebanon aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- El Hajj Taghreed Department of Health Behavior and Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Riad El Solh, P.O. Box 11-0236, 1107 2020, Beirut, Lebanon aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Abdulrahim Sawsan Department of Health Behavior and Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Riad El Solh, P.O. Box 11-0236, 1107 2020, Beirut, Lebanon aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kanj Mayada Department of Health Behavior and Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Riad El Solh, P.O. Box 11-0236, 1107 2020, Beirut, Lebanon aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mahfoud Ziyad Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Riad El Solh, P.O. Box 11-0236, 1107 2020, Beirut, Lebanon aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Afifi Rema Department of Health Behavior and Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Riad El Solh, P.O. 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