title: [Theory-guided development and evaluation of a questionnaire concerning mental health].
abstract: In our study, the development of a Mental Health Questionnaire is described and this diagnostic instrument, which is based on historically important personality models, evaluated. Our purpose was to develop scales for Personal well-being, Regulatory competence, Self-actualization and Sense-finding ability. The items belonging to these theoretical constructs were analyzed both by a method of expert rating and statistically. A sample of n = 833 was tested (so-called healthy persons, patients with coronary heart disease [CHD], and patients with psychosomatic or neurotic disorders). Three of the mental health (MH) dimensions (except Sense-finding ability) were confirmed by expert rating. As expected, the following differences between the subgroups reached statistical significance: healthy persons had the highest values for MH, followed by CHD patients and psychosomatic/neurotic patients. Per item, CHD patients showed a characteristic pattern of answering. The combination of research methods we used in this study (i.e., theory-guided expert rating, statistical analysis, per item analysis) has provided results that may be important for further development of MH concepts.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Breit
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bergmann
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D015588:Observer Variation; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D012803:Sick Role
vernacular_title: Zur theoriegeleiteten Entwicklung und Evaluation eines Fragebogens zur seelischen Gesundheit.