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Validating mental health questionnaire instruments means proving that they measure what they claim to measure, in the population you intend to use them on. A scale developed and tested in one setting cannot simply be carried into another and trusted. I learned this at close range leading a psychometric validation study of the PHQ-9 and […]
See how CFA, item response theory and network analysis revealed what reliability coefficients alone could not about the PHQ-9 and DASS-21.
A 602-student Pakistani study shows how PHQ-9 scores, item response theory and symptom networks reveal detail hidden by total depression scores.
A study of 602 Pakistani students found higher depression and anxiety scores in non-medical students, challenging a familiar assumption.
In our Pakistani university sample, non-medical students reported higher depression and anxiety scores, challenging a common assumption about student mental health.
A Pakistani student study challenges the idea that medical students automatically have worse mental health than peers in other disciplines.
Academic major showed a measurable link with student depression, but gender, sleep, prior treatment and unmeasured factors told a much larger story.
New evidence challenges the assumption that medical students carry the greatest mental-health burden and supports a campus-wide approach to prevention.
Our BMC Psychology study found higher depression and anxiety scores among non-medical students, challenging assumptions about student mental health.
Our study of 602 Pakistani university students challenges the assumption that medical students necessarily report more depressive symptoms.