Measurement invariance of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) among children of Chinese rural-to-urban migrant workers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) is a 10-item screening tool designed for nonspecific psychological distress. The current study aims to identify a best-fitting factor structure of the K10, and to test its cross-gender measurement invariance based on the structure.

Methods

Using convenience sampling, we included 339 (n = 192 for boys and 135 for girls) children of Chinese rural-to-urban migrant workers in Hangzhou, China.

Results

Confirmatory factor analysis for ordered-categorical measures revealed a two-factor structure as the best-fitting model, in which five items (hopeless, depressed, effort, severely depressed, and worthless) loaded on depression and the other five items loaded on anxiety (tired, nervous, severely nervous, restless, and sev

SUBMITTER: Ren Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8671765 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature