衡量拉丁裔移民人口中的焦虑:国内和国家间的比较
Sumeyra Sahbaz1, Ronald B Cox2, Pablo Montero-Zamora1
1The University of Texas at Austin, USA.
Assessment
|January 13, 2024
概括
通用焦虑障碍-7 (GAD-7) 是评估墨西哥和委内瑞拉成年移民焦虑的可靠工具. 这项研究验证了它在不同群体和地点的使用.
科学领域:
- 心理健康 心理健康
- 心理测量 心理测量 心理测量
- 跨文化心理学 跨文化心理学
背景情况:
- 焦虑症在全球普遍存在,由于社会边缘化,它不成比例地影响移民人口.
- 经过验证的焦虑查工具对于移民心理健康至关重要,但具体的评估往往缺乏.
- 通用焦虑障碍-7 (GAD-7) 是一种广泛使用的焦虑测量方法,需要在不同移民群体中进行心理测量评估.
研究的目的:
- 评估墨西哥和委内瑞拉移民群体中普遍焦虑障碍-7 (GAD-7) 的心理测量特性和结构有效性.
- 为了比较GAD-7在一个国家和两个国家的不同拉丁裔子组之间的因素结构.
- 为GAD-7的可靠性和有效性提供证据,以评估成年拉丁裔移民的焦虑.
主要方法:
- 使用了确认因素分析 (CFA) 和项目响应理论 (IRT).
- 这项研究使用了三个样本,包括933名墨西哥和委内瑞拉成年移民.
- 分析检查了内部一致性,因子结构和分数等价性.
主要成果:
- 在研究的移民群体中,GAD-7表现出强大的内部一致性和强大的单因素结构.
- 发现GAD-7得分的心理测量属性在不同的人口群体中是相当的.
- 七国发展集团 (GAD-7) 证明适用于墨西哥和委内瑞拉移民,不论性别或教育水平.
结论:
- 综合焦虑障碍-7 (GAD-7) 是一种测量心理健康的仪器,用于评估墨西哥和委内瑞拉成年移民的焦虑.
- 这些发现支持GAD-7在这个特定的移民群体中的跨文化适用性和可靠性.
- 这种验证为拉丁裔移民提供了准确的焦虑查和心理健康支持.
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