Spanish Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Parent Version of the Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ-P) in a Non-Clinical Sample of Young School-Aged Children

  1. Iván Fernández-Martínez 1
  2. Alexandra Morales 1
  3. Francisco Xavier Méndez 2
  4. José Pedro Espada 1
  5. Mireia Orgilés 1
  1. 1 Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
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    Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche

    Elche, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01azzms13

  2. 2 Universidad de Murcia
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    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03p3aeb86

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The Spanish Journal of Psychology

ISSN: 1138-7416

Year of publication: 2020

Issue: 23

Pages: 1-9

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1017/SJP.2020.47 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

The parent version of the Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ-P) is a brief 13-item tool for the screening of depression in children from the age of 6 years. Despite the wide use of the SMFQ-P, its psychometric properties and factor structure remain understudied, with few data available for young school-aged children. The objective of this study was to examine for the first time the factorial structure and psychometric properties of the SMFQ-P in a non-clinical sample of Spanish-speaking children aged 6–8 years. Participants were 181 children whose parents completed the Spanish-adapted version of the SMFQ-P along with the parent version of other measures of anxiety and general difficulties and positive attributes. The SMFQ-P demonstrated adequate internal consistency (α = .83) and test-retest reliability over an eight-week period (ICC = .80), and good convergent and divergent validity. Factor analysis confirmed the original 13-item model, thus supporting the unidimensionality of the measure in the Spanish sample. Overall, this study provides initial empirical evidence for the utility of the SMFQ-P with Spanish-speaking children from early school ages, and extends the international support of the measure.

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Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Iván Fernández-Martínez. Department of Health Psychology, Miguel Hernández University of Elche. Av. de la Universidad s/n. 03202 Elche, Alicante (Spain). E-mail: i.fernandez@umh.es Conflicts of Interest: None Funding Statement: This work was supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport of Spain [IFM, grant number FPU14/03900]; and the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) of Spain [MO, grant number PSI2014-56446-P].

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