Validity of the General Health Questionnaire in a Yugoslav student population

1 February 1983

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine

Vol. 13 (1) , 205-207
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700050224

Abstract

Synopsis: The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) was shown to be a valid instrument for the screening of psychological impairment in a defined population of Yugoslav students. Optimal indices of validity were obtained by the use of the 60-item version of the GHQ and a cut-off score of 13/14. The product-moment correlation coefficients between clinical ratings of severity of mental impairment and GHQ scores ranged from 0·71 to 0·78.

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