Title
The Psychometric Challenges of Implementing Wellbeing Assessment Into Clinical Research and Practice: A Commentary on “Assessing Mental Wellbeing Using the Mental Health Continuum–Short Form: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling”
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Iasiello et al. (2022) offered a useful meta-analytic summary of the construct validity evidence for the internal structure of the Mental Health Continuum–Short Form (MHC-SF), with the aim of encouraging the assessment of “wellbeing in clinical practice to demonstrate clinically relevant outcomes that may contribute to clinical recovery or relapse prevention” (pp. 4-5). We fully support this aim. In fact, we have recently incorporated the MHC-SF into our routine outcome monitoring at a community based mental health treatment clinic. As Iasiello et al. (2022) noted, clinical assessment and treatment effectiveness have focused on “dysfunction and distress” (p. 3), and we think that use of the MHC-SF can help reorient practitioners toward addressing symptom reduction and improved wellbeing.
Department(s)
Seminary; Counseling (M.A.); Marriage and Family Therapy (M.A.)
Publication Title
Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice
Publication Date
1-1-2022
DOI
10.1037/cps0000090
ISSN
09695893
E-ISSN
14682850
Recommended Citation
Jankowski, Peter J.; Sandage, Steven J.; and Crabtree, Sarah A., "The Psychometric Challenges of Implementing Wellbeing Assessment Into Clinical Research and Practice: A Commentary on “Assessing Mental Wellbeing Using the Mental Health Continuum–Short Form: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling”" (2022). Graduate School Faculty Publications. 20.
https://spark.bethel.edu/grad-school-faculty-publications/20