[Testing the criterion-related validity of a mental health assessment tool in Korean adults]

This study was conducted to testing the criterion-related validity of a mental health assessment tool which developed based on a Korean culture. Criteria scale for this tool were MMPI and CMI(M-R). The study subject were 100 male and female aged 20 or more with quota sampling. The data was collected from August 16. to August 26, 1989. The data obtained from 85 subjects were analysed using S.P.S.S. (Statistical Package for the Social Science). As a result, there are no significant correlation between Mental Health Assessment Tool and MMPI and CMI except Mf (Masculinity-Femininity) Subscale of MMPI. This result means the MMPI and CMI was not related to tool which developed based on medical model from ethic perspectives, although the tool which had been developed in American Modified to Korean situation. So I dare to say that only the absence of mental illness does not means mental health and the diagnosis of mental illness is not the only criteria of a mental health.