Development of a Protective Factors Questionnaire on Mental Health Problems Among High School Students with Sexual Diversity
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Objective: To develop the resilience scale, the self-esteem scale, and the positive psychology scale among LGBTQ+ high school students
Materials and methods: This study's sample group consisted of 52 LGBTQ high school students from Mueang District, Chiang Mai, selected by purposive sampling and data collection between December 2023 and January 2024. The research used the resilience, self-esteem, and positive psychology scales. Data analyzed by descriptive statistics, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, and Index of discrimination using the Corrected Item-Total Correlation method.
Results: The resilience scale, self-esteem scale, and positive psychology scale, with Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of 0.874, 0.902, and 0.911, respectively. Each question had an item discriminatory power higher than 0.20.
Conclusion: The scales developed by the researchers were psychometrically sound and efficiently assessed LGBTQ+ high school students.
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บทความหลังผ่านการปรับแก้จากกองบรรณาธิการแล้ว เป็นลิขสิทธ์ของวารสารจิตเวชวิทยาสาร โรงพยาบาลสวนปรุง กรมสุขภาพจิต กระทรวงสาธารณสุข ห้ามเผยแพร่เพื่อประโยชน์ทางการค้าโดยไม่ได้รับอนุญาต แต่อนุญาตให้เผยแพร่บทความดังกล่าวเพื่อประโยชน์ทางการศึกษาแก่ประชาชนทั่วไป ทั้งนี้กองบรรณาธิการไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นด้วยกับบทความหรือข้อคิดเห็นใดๆ ที่ปรากฏในวารสารสวนปรุง
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