Brief Instrument on Psychological Health of Youths – Chinese Version

Description

Adolescence is considered a critical period for the emergence of mental health issues, contributing to the global disease burden. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that approximately half of all mental disorders begin before the age of 14, resulting in an annual global economic loss of $1 trillion. Additionally, studies indicate that the total economic burden of mental disorders among children and adolescents in China reached $1.191 billion in 2017. Globally, about 10.0% to 20.0% of children and adolescents have mental health problems. Tao Shuman and others simplified 39 items from the “Adolescent Subhealth Multidimensional Assessment Questionnaire” into the “Brief Instrument on Psychological Health of Youths” (BIOPHY) for the evaluation of psychological health in adolescents, providing evidence support for the youth mental health assessment system.

Authors and Contact Email

Tao Shuman, Wan Yuhui, Wu Xiaoyan, Sun Ying, Xu Shaojun, Zhang Shichen, Hao Jiahui, Tao Fangbiao. Information not available.

Purpose

To develop and validate a simplified questionnaire for assessing the psychological health of adolescents.

Test Year

The methodology was performed in 2012.

Administration Method and Scoring

A multi-stage stratified cluster random sampling method was utilized to survey 14,221 middle school students in Shenyang, Xinxiang, Guangzhou, and Chongqing. Factor analysis, reliability evaluation, and item analysis were conducted. The data from a health monitoring database consisting of 14,500 middle school students from Shenzhen, Nanchang, Zhengzhou, and Guiyang in 2017 were used to define the cutoff value for BIOPHY and evaluate its predictive validity.

Reliability and Validity

Through item analysis, BIOPHY was finalized with 15 items, achieving a cumulative variance contribution rate of 57.39%. The Cronbach’s α coefficient for the total questionnaire was 0.928, and the split-half reliability was 0.909. The P90 was adopted as the standard for assessing adolescent psychological health.

Factors and Subscales

Information not available.

Keywords

Adolescent Mental Health, Psychological Assessment, BIOPHY, Reliability, Validity

Items in Chinese

1. 对事物不感兴趣。
2. 常常感到紧张。
3. 常常责怪自己。
4. 常常感到坐立不安、心神不定。
5. 做事经常犹豫不决。
6. 常常感到苦闷。
7. 头脑中总是有不必要的想法。
8. 总觉得别人在跟我作对。
9. 总是感到大多数人都不可信任。
10. 经常与人争论、抬杠。
11. 经常不能控制地大发脾气。
12. 一天到晚对什么都提不起精神。
13. 经常因一些小事而愤怒。
14. 当我心情低落时，常常不愿向其他人倾诉。
15. 当我遇到困难，大多不想去求助别人。

Items in English

1. Not interested in things.
2. Often feel nervous.
3. Often blame myself.
4. Often feel restless and unsettled.
5. Frequently hesitate when doing things.
6. Often feel distressed.
7. Always have unnecessary thoughts in my mind.
8. Always feel like others are against me.
9. Always think that most people are untrustworthy.
10. Often argue or contest with others.
11. Often lose control and get angry.
12. Feel unmotivated about everything throughout the day.
13. Often get angry over trivial matters.
14. When I feel low, I often don’t want to talk to others.
15. When I encounter difficulties, I mostly don’t want to seek help from others.

References

陶舒曼, 万宇辉, 伍晓艳, 孙莹, 许韶君, 张诗晨, 郝加虎, 陶芳标. 《青少年心理健康评定简明问卷》的心理学评价及应用[J]. 中国学校卫生, 2020, 41(9): 1331-1334,1338. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2020.09.014