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Supreeyaporn, Nanthaka, Watson, Rebecca, Damrongpanit, Suntonrapot, Orchard, Faith 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5324-5007, Reynolds, Shirley and Jenkins, Paul E.
(2024)
Factor structure and measurement invariance of the Mood and Feelings Questionnaire: A cross-cultural study among Thai and British adolescents.
European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 33 (5).
pp. 1563-1572.
ISSN 1018-8827
Abstract
The Mood and Feelings Questionnaire—child self-report (MFQ-C) is a widely used measure of child and adolescent depression. This study evaluated possible factor solutions and examined the measurement invariance of the MFQ-C as a prerequisite for its use in cross-cultural comparisons between Thai (N = 1272) and British samples (N = 1817) by using multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA). The latent means of Thai and British samples were also examined. A five-factor structure of the MFQ-C was confirmed through confirmatory factor analysis. A partial scalar invariant model was supported, and thus latent means were compared, with British adolescents reporting significantly higher mean MFQ-C scores than Thai adolescents on four of the five factors (Vegetative Symptoms, Suicidality, Cognitive Symptoms, Agitated Distress). There was no difference for the Core Symptoms factor. The findings also suggest that the MFQ-C is a valid measure to assess depression in Thai and British adolescents and maybe useful in cross-cultural comparisons of adolescent depression.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Data availability statement: The datasets and other materials used during the current study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. Funding Information: Nanthaka Supreeyaporn is funded by the Faculty of Education, Chiang Mai University, Thailand. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | confirmatory analysis,cross-cultural comparison,depression measures,measurement invariance,mood and feelings questionnaire,pediatrics, perinatology, and child health,developmental and educational psychology,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 11:37 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Oct 2024 16:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/96323 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00787-023-02268-8 |
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