Abstract

CORREA, Dionne Rayssa Cardoso  and  OLIVEIRA, Sérgio Eduardo Silva de. Construction and Psychometric Studies of The Mental State Assessment Battery (MSAB). Aval. psicol. [online]. 2024, vol.23, n.4, pp.380-393.  Epub Dec 16, 2024. ISSN 1677-0471.  https://doi.org/10.15689/ap.2024.2304.02.

Mental status examination is an established clinical practice in the field of mental health and is understood as a procedure for mapping various domains of psychological functioning. This study aimed to investigate evidence of validity and reliability for a battery of 11 scales developed to assess mental status through self-report. Evidence of factor validity, as well as validity related to other variables, namely, symptoms of common mental disorders and health-related quality of life, was examined. Additionally, the ability of the scales to differentiate participants with and without indicators of mental disorders was verified. A total of 654 adults from all regions of Brazil participated in this study. The results indicated adequate evidence of validity and reliability for 39 factors comprising the 11 scales of the battery, supporting its use for the dimensional assessment of disorders in mental functioning.

Keywords : psychological assessment; dimensional model; mental health.

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