The General Health Questionnaire: reliability and validity for Australian youth

General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) results are given for a large (N = 1013) sample of South Australian young people (average age 19.6 years), to compare the usefulness of the 12-, 28-, and 30-item forms of the GHQ. Internal reliabilities are generally adequate and the Likert scoring method produces...

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Published in:	Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 53
Main Authors:	Winefield, H R, Goldney, R D, Winefield, A H, Tiggemann, M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 01-03-1989
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Female Humans Job Satisfaction Male Mental Disorders - diagnosis Mental Disorders - psychology Psychological Tests - methods Psychometrics Unemployment
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Summary:	General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) results are given for a large (N = 1013) sample of South Australian young people (average age 19.6 years), to compare the usefulness of the 12-, 28-, and 30-item forms of the GHQ. Internal reliabilities are generally adequate and the Likert scoring method produces significant correlations with psychological measures such as self-esteem. The case-prevalence rate using the binary scoring method was comparable with other studies, but misclassification rates were unacceptably high when DSM-III Axis I diagnosis was used as the criterion for the presence of any psychiatric disorder.
ISSN:	0004-8674
DOI:	10.3109/00048678909062592