TY - JOUR
T1 - Reliability and validity of the Mental Health Continuum
(MHC-SF) in the Ecuadorian contexts
AU - Peña Contreras, Eva Karina
AU - Lima Castro, Sandra Eugenia
AU - Bueno Pacheco, Alexandra
AU - Aguilar Sizer, Monica Elisa
AU - m Keyes, Corey Lee
AU - Arias Medina, William Paúl
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Abstract: Health Continuum (MHC-SF) of Keyes (2009) in the
Ecuadorian context. The scale was applied to two samples, one of 100 people that worked as a
pilot and another of 550 people resident in the city of Cuenca-Ecuador, who also were
applied an adaptation of the PERMA Profile of Butler and Kern (2016) to verify the
convergent and discriminant validity. It was observed that the application in this
population presents adequate levels of adjustment and high internal consistency
(α=.91) and an adequate general adjustment of the structure of three factors:
psychological well-being, social welfare and emotional well-being proposed by the author
whose main fit values are RMSEA= .045, CFI= .996, χ2(52)= 109.048 (p= .000),
GFI= .997 y TLI= 0.993. The bifactor model presents good values as well: RMSEA= .042, CFI=
.996, χ2(52) = 103.040 (p= .000), GFI= .997, TLI= 0.993. We conclude that the
Spanish version of MHC-SF (Keyes, 2009) and the bifactor model are appropriate tools to
measure mental health in the Ecuadorian context
AB - Abstract: Health Continuum (MHC-SF) of Keyes (2009) in the
Ecuadorian context. The scale was applied to two samples, one of 100 people that worked as a
pilot and another of 550 people resident in the city of Cuenca-Ecuador, who also were
applied an adaptation of the PERMA Profile of Butler and Kern (2016) to verify the
convergent and discriminant validity. It was observed that the application in this
population presents adequate levels of adjustment and high internal consistency
(α=.91) and an adequate general adjustment of the structure of three factors:
psychological well-being, social welfare and emotional well-being proposed by the author
whose main fit values are RMSEA= .045, CFI= .996, χ2(52)= 109.048 (p= .000),
GFI= .997 y TLI= 0.993. The bifactor model presents good values as well: RMSEA= .042, CFI=
.996, χ2(52) = 103.040 (p= .000), GFI= .997, TLI= 0.993. We conclude that the
Spanish version of MHC-SF (Keyes, 2009) and the bifactor model are appropriate tools to
measure mental health in the Ecuadorian context
KW - MHC-SF; Bienestar; Desarrollo instrumental; Evaluación psicológica
KW - MHC-SF; Bienestar; Desarrollo instrumental; Evaluación psicológica
UR - http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?pid=S1688-42212017000200223&script=sci_arttext&tlng=es
M3 - Artículo
SN - 1688-4094
JO - Ciencias Psicológicas
JF - Ciencias Psicológicas
ER -