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Exploring the Relationship between the MHI-38 and the NEO-FFI-3 among Filipinos


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1 Department of Psychology Institute for the Study o f Personality University o f Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines
2 Institute for the Study of Personality, United States
     

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This study looked at the relationship between the Mental Health Inventory-38 and the NEO-FFI-3 among Filipinos. The Mental Health Inventory-38 is intended as a broadband measure o f mental health and well-being. The NEO-FFI- 3 is intended as a brief version o f the NEO-PI-3, which describes personality in terms o f the Five Factor Model, namely Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness. Participants were 1040 Filipino citizens between 18 to 6 6 years old. Among the five factors, Neuroticism had the strongest negative association with mental health and Psychological Well-Being, while having the strongest positive association with Psychological Distress. Neuroticism also dominated correlations with the MHI-38 subscales. Correlations with Extraversion were modest in comparison for both the MHI-38 global indices and subscales. Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, and Openness are poorly represented in the MHI-38. The pattern o f correlations calls the validity o f some MHI-38 constructs into question.

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Mental Health, Five-Factor Model, Filipinos, Personality.
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Authors

Marc Eric S. Reyes
Department of Psychology Institute for the Study o f Personality University o f Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines
Roger D. Davis
Institute for the Study of Personality, United States

Abstract


This study looked at the relationship between the Mental Health Inventory-38 and the NEO-FFI-3 among Filipinos. The Mental Health Inventory-38 is intended as a broadband measure o f mental health and well-being. The NEO-FFI- 3 is intended as a brief version o f the NEO-PI-3, which describes personality in terms o f the Five Factor Model, namely Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness. Participants were 1040 Filipino citizens between 18 to 6 6 years old. Among the five factors, Neuroticism had the strongest negative association with mental health and Psychological Well-Being, while having the strongest positive association with Psychological Distress. Neuroticism also dominated correlations with the MHI-38 subscales. Correlations with Extraversion were modest in comparison for both the MHI-38 global indices and subscales. Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, and Openness are poorly represented in the MHI-38. The pattern o f correlations calls the validity o f some MHI-38 constructs into question.

Keywords


Mental Health, Five-Factor Model, Filipinos, Personality.

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