title: Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Mental Vulnerability Questionnaire in Undergraduate Students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Translate, adapt the language, and assess the psychometric properties of the Mental Vulnerability Questionnaire (MVQ) in a Portuguese population sample of young adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  A psychometric validation study was performed. The sample comprised 166 undergraduate students. Factor analysis was applied to extract three indicators.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The MVQ showed divergent validity with the Positive Mental Health Questionnaire (p < .001) and convergent validity with the Mental Health Inventory including five items (p < .001). Reliability was verified through the assessment of internal consistency, evidencing positive outcomes (Cronbach's α = 0.81).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The MVQ shows psychometric properties enabling its adaptation to clinical practice and research, essential to an effective screening of mental vulnerability.
authors.affiliation: Coordinator Professor at Porto Nursing School, Scientific Pedagogical Unit "Management of Signs and Symptoms,", Porto, and Coordinator of the Research Group "NurID: Innovation and Development in Nursing-CINTESIS-FMUP,", Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Carlos Alberto da Cruz
authors.initials: CADC
authors.lastname: Sequeira
authors.affiliation: Registered Nurse at Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Hospital de São Teotónio, Viseu, Portugal.
authors.forename: Elsa Natalina Mendes
authors.initials: ENM
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor at Mental Health Department, Lisbon Nursing School, Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: Maria José Carvalho
authors.initials: MJC
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.affiliation: Registered Nurse at the Psychiatry Department, Hospital de Braga, Braga, and an Invited Assistant at Porto Nursing School, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Francisco Miguel Correia
authors.initials: FMC
authors.lastname: Sampaio
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D011174:Portugal; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Health promotion; mental health; preventive psychiatry; psychiatric nursing; psychometrics