Open AccessRasch Analysis of the Indonesian Mental Health Screening Tools
Author(s) -
Syamsu Yusuf,
Nandang Budiman,
Eka Sakti Yudha,
Dodi Suryana,
Samsiah Mohd Jais Binti Yusof
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the open psychology journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.207
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 1874-3501
DOI - 10.2174/1874350102114010198
Subject(s) - rasch model , cronbach's alpha , mental health , psychology , indonesian , reliability (semiconductor) , applied psychology , clinical psychology , psychometrics , psychiatry , developmental psychology , linguistics , philosophy , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
Along with massive developments in various aspects of life, mental health is one of the issues that must be discussed to encourage optimal development of an individual. To achieve these goals, we need an instrument that can measure and determine the mental health needs of humans precisely. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted using a cross-sectional method with a quantitative research design. Participants in this study were adolescent students from Indonesia and Malaysia. The American Mental Health Screening Tool adapted to Indonesian and Malaysian conditions is used as an instrument to measure mental health. There were 359 people from Indonesia and 171 people from Malaysia participating in this study. This type of parameter needs to be identified by the category coefficient of the RASCH scoring function model for polycotomic responses. Results and Discussion: The results showed that the American Screening Tools Mental Health instrument had a unidimensionality value below 15%, which means that the variables on the instrument were able to describe mental health. A total of 4 items were invalid so only 59 items could be used to measure mental health. Cronbach alpha value, which is 0.71 indicates that the instrument has good reliability. The average ability of participants from Indonesia and Malaysia was in the moderate category, but 39 participants from Malaysia and 18 participants from Indonesia gave answers that did not match their ability Conclusion: The screening tool instrument is able to describe the variables about mental health. These instruments tend to only describe the mental health of participants who fall into the medium and high categories.