中華心理學刊 民 77，30 卷，2 期，65-77
Chinese Journal of Psychology 1988, Vol.30, No.2, 65-77

Daniel T.L. Shek（Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong）；Ki Yan Mak（Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong）；Chau Kiu Cheung（Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong）

Abstract

The Chinese version of the General Health Questionnaire--30 was administered to 109 mental patients, along with several other scales measuring somatic and psychological symptoms. While the GHQ was found to have high internal consistency as a scale and high item-total correlation for most of the items, the data revealed that GHQ scores correlated significantly with all other measures of psychological well-being. Factor analysis with a six-factor solution showed that six factors were abstracted from the scale, nalely, Abxiety, Incompetence, Depression, Anhedonia, Avoidance and Indecisiveness. While most of these sub-scales were reliable, corretations between the various sub-scale scores and other indices of psychological well-being were also found to be mostly significant. These findings generally suggest that the Chinese GHQ-30 possesses acceptable psychometric properties and it could be used as an objective instrument assessing 'general' psychological health in the clinical setting.