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dc.contributor.authorSunderland, Matthewen
dc.contributor.authorHobbs, Megan Jen
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Tracy Men
dc.contributor.authorAndrews, Gavinen
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-25T05:42:44Z-
dc.date.available2020-05-25T05:42:44Z-
dc.date.issued2012-02-
dc.identifier.citationInternational Psychogeriatrics, 24(2), p. 231-242en
dc.identifier.issn1741-203Xen
dc.identifier.issn1041-6102en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28780-
dc.description.abstractBackground: Old age respondents may differ systemically in their responses to measures of psychological distress over and above their actual latent distress levels when compared to younger respondents. The current study aimed to investigate the potential for age-related bias(es) in the Kessler 6 Psychological Distress Scale (K6) items. Methods: Data from the 2007 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing were analyzed using Item Response Theory to detect the presence of item bias in each of the K6 items. The potential for item bias was assessed by systematically comparing respondents classed as young (16–34 years), middle aged (35–64 years), and old aged (65–85 years). The significance and magnitude of the item bias between the age groups was assessed using the log-likelihood ratio method of differential item functioning. Results: After statistical adjustment, there were no biases of significant magnitude influencing the endorsement of K6 items between young and middle-aged respondents or between middle-aged and old age respondents. There was a bias of significant magnitude present in the endorsement of the K6 item addressing levels of fatigue between young and old age respondents. Conclusions: Despite the identification of significant item bias in the endorsement of K6 items between the age groups, the magnitude and influence of the bias on total K6 scores is likely to have little influence on the overall interpretation of group data when comparing psychological distress across the lifespan. Researchers should be cautious, however, when examining individual levels of fatigue related to psychological distress in older individuals.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Psychogeriatricsen
dc.titlePsychological distress across the lifespan: examining age-related item bias in the Kessler 6 Psychological Distress Scaleen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S1041610211001852en
dc.identifier.pmid21933463en
local.contributor.firstnameMatthewen
local.contributor.firstnameMegan Jen
local.contributor.firstnameTracy Men
local.contributor.firstnameGavinen
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local.subject.for2008110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)en
local.subject.for2008111706 Epidemiologyen
local.subject.for2008170109 Personality, Abilities and Assessmenten
local.subject.seo2008920410 Mental Healthen
local.subject.seo2008920408 Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being)en
local.profile.schoolNew England Institute of Healthcare Research, Faculty of Medicine and Healthen
local.profile.emailmegan.hobbs@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryC1en
local.grant.number568940en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.publisher.placeUnited Kingdomen
local.format.startpage231en
local.format.endpage242en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume24en
local.identifier.issue2en
local.title.subtitleexamining age-related item bias in the Kessler 6 Psychological Distress Scaleen
local.contributor.lastnameSunderlanden
local.contributor.lastnameHobbsen
local.contributor.lastnameAndersonen
local.contributor.lastnameAndrewsen
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:1959.11/28780en
local.date.onlineversion2011-09-21-
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
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dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
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local.title.maintitlePsychological distress across the lifespanen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.relation.grantdescriptionNHMRC/568940en
local.search.authorSunderland, Matthewen
local.search.authorHobbs, Megan Jen
local.search.authorAnderson, Tracy Men
local.search.authorAndrews, Gavinen
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local.sensitive.culturalNoen
local.year.available2011en
local.year.published2012en
local.fileurl.closedpublishedhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/3143eb1a-89f8-4e96-900e-fb95391794d4en
local.subject.for2020320221 Psychiatry (incl. psychotherapy)en
local.subject.for2020420299 Epidemiology not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.for2020520108 Testing, assessment and psychometricsen
local.subject.seo2020200409 Mental healthen
local.subject.seo2020200407 Health status (incl. wellbeing)en
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