Internal consistency and factor structure of the Chinese Health Questionnaire.
The internal consistency and factor structure of the Chinese Health Questionnaire (CHQ) were investigated in 2 samples in Taiwan, one from 3 communities (n = 1023) and the other from consecutive attenders for health screening in a general hospital (n = 386). Cronbach's alpha coefficients were calculated to be 0.84 and 0.83 for the 12-item and 0.90 and 0.92 for the 30-item CHQ version. Four factors similarly extracted for the CHQ-30 in both samples include somatic symptoms, anxiety and worrying, social dysfunction, and depression and poor family relationship. The implications of these findings were discussed from a cross-cultural perspective.
Cheng
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Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Republic of China.
Wu
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Chong
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Williams
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D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D010556:Personality Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D013624:Taiwan