J Korean Neuropsychiatr Assoc.  2008 Mar;47(2):168-176.

Development of Screening Test for Adolescent Mental Health and Problem Behavior

• Jung SA
• Ahn DH
• Chung SY
• Jeong YG
• Kim YY

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
This study was conducted to develop the screening questionnaire (Adolescent Mental Health and Problem Behavior Questionnaire, AMPQ) for detecting mental health problems and various problem behaviors in adolescents.
METHODS
First, six main domains of questionnaire were defined and preliminary sub-items were collected through literature study, consultation data from field mental health experts, and preliminary survey study. Next, with these 52 preliminary items, we conducted nationwide survey on 1,267 middle and high school students of five districts of Korea.
RESULTS
Through reliability test and factor analysis 34 items were finally filtered out. The Cronbach's alpha of these 34 items was .88. And correlation with K-YSR and K-CBCL were .34 (p<.01) and .68 (p<.01).
CONCLUSION
AMPQ, which is comprised of relatively short list of items and at the same time covers overall mental health and problem behaviors in adolescents can be used by non-professionals as a screening questionnaire in school settings or mental health centers.

Keyword

AMPQ; Screening questionnaire; Adolescent mental health; Problem behavior

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Humans
Mass Screening
Mental Health
Surveys and Questionnaires