APA
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Mordeno, I. G., Piape, Q. T., Roño, A. G. R., Abejar, W. A. C., Ferolino, M. A. L., & Mendoza, N. B. (2024). Repurposing the K-10: The Factor Structure and Latent Profile of COVID-19 Pandemic-Anchored Psychological Distress Symptoms Among Filipino Teachers. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment.
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Mordeno, Imelu G., Queeneh T. Piape, Art Guilleane R. Roño, Wendel Ann C. Abejar, Michelle Anne L. Ferolino, and Norman B. Mendoza. “Repurposing the K-10: The Factor Structure and Latent Profile of COVID-19 Pandemic-Anchored Psychological Distress Symptoms Among Filipino Teachers.” Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment (2024).
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Mordeno, Imelu G., et al. “Repurposing the K-10: The Factor Structure and Latent Profile of COVID-19 Pandemic-Anchored Psychological Distress Symptoms Among Filipino Teachers.” Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2024.
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@article{imelu2024a,
title = {Repurposing the K-10: The Factor Structure and Latent Profile of COVID-19 Pandemic-Anchored Psychological Distress Symptoms Among Filipino Teachers},
year = {2024},
journal = {Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment},
author = {Mordeno, Imelu G. and Piape, Queeneh T. and Roño, Art Guilleane R. and Abejar, Wendel Ann C. and Ferolino, Michelle Anne L. and Mendoza, Norman B.}
}
The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K-10) is widely utilized to assess non-specific psychological distress. However, when applied to COVID-19 pandemic experiences, its psychometric properties have not been examined. This study investigated the factor structure, reliability, and latent profile of K-10 using data from 3032 Filipino teachers who reflected on their pandemic-related adversity prior to completing K-10. Confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to evaluate five extant models of the K-10’s structure, supporting the two-factor model (i.e., anxiety and depression) as best fitting the data. Both factors showed excellent internal reliability, and criterion-related validity was supported by correlations with anxiety and depression measures. Latent profile analysis revealed a four-class solution, identifying four distinct levels of distress severity. Overall, the contextualized K-10 demonstrated sound psychometric properties, which corroborates and extends its reliability and validity as a measure of pandemic-related distress. Further, the results offer insights into the dimensionality and distress profiles of the K-10 among teachers. Broadly, the findings highlight the importance of valid instruments in assessing contextualized psychological distress.
