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Fuseekul, Nanthaka, Orchard, Faith 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5324-5007 and Reynolds, Shirley
(2021)
Psychometric properties of the Thai Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ) for adolescent depression.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 15.
ISSN 1753-2000
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Abstract
Background: The Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ) is a widely used screening tool for child and adolescence depression but has not been validated with young people in Thailand. This study aimed to assess the reliability and validity and to determine the optimal clinical cut-off of the Thai MFQ. Methods: The Thai MFQ was evaluated in two parts. In part 1, The MFQ was translated and back translated into the Thai language and piloted on a small number of Thai adolescents. Then 1275 young people aged 12–18 years from three secondary schools in Thailand completed the MFQ and related measures of depression. In part 2, 138 students were invited to take part in a structured diagnostic interview (the Thai translation of the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children -Present and Lifetime Version (the K-SADS-PL). Of those, 103 students were interviewed and completed the Thai MFQ a second time to assess test–retest reliability. Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) analyses were conducted to evaluate diagnosis accuracy and examine the optimal cut-off score of the Thai MFQ. Results: The Thai MFQ had excellent internal consistency (α = 0.92) and good to moderate test–retest reliability in 2-week and 4-week intervals. The Thai MFQ also had good convergent validity with related measures of depression. The ROC analyses demonstrated that the Thai MFQ also had excellent accuracy distinguishing between depressed and non-depressed adolescents [AUC = 0.95, 95% CI [0.92, 0.99]. A total score of 28 on the Thai MFQ was the optimal cut-off score (sensitivity was 0.97 and specificity was 0.83). Discussion: The Thai MFQ demonstrated excellent psychometric properties and accurately distinguished between depressed and non-depressed adolescents. It is appropriate to use as a screening measure to identify adolescents with depression in community settings in Thailand.
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| Additional Information: | Funding Information: The authors would like to thank the head teachers, students, and the staff; Ketsirin Rattanamongkol, Thitima Inthawong, and Narawut Somsak at the schools where the study was conducted for their cooperation and support. Thank you also to Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong, lecturer in clinical psychology of the Chiang Mai University, Thailand for helping with the translation process. The authors also thank Jerica Radez, trainee clinical psychologist of the University of Oxford, UK for her advice on statistical procedures. This study was supported by the Faculty of Education, Chiang Mai University, Thailand Ph.D. studentship. Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s). |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | adolescence,depression,measurement,psychometric properties,self-report,pediatrics, perinatology, and child health,psychiatry and mental health,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2735 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2024 09:30 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Sep 2024 18:03 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/96307 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13034-021-00372-8 |
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