2026-06-15 コペンハーゲン大学（UCPH）
＜関連情報＞
- https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2026/06/new-scale-measures-mental-health-promoting-behaviour/
- https://www.techscience.com/IJMHP/online/detail/26658
メンタルヘルス促進行動の測定：デンマーク版「行動・所属・コミットメント・メンタルヘルス促進行動（ABC-MHPB）」尺度の開発と心理測定特性 Measuring Mental Health Promoting Behaviours: Development and Psychometric Properties of a Danish Act Belong Commit-Mental Health Promoting Behaviours (ABC-MHPB) Scale
Line Nielsen, Ziggi Ivan Santini, Malene Kubstrup Nelausen, Carsten Hinrichsen, Frederik Schou-Juul, Vibeke Jenny Koushede, Robert J Donovan, Charlotte Bjerre Meilstrup
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion Published:24 April 2026
DOI:https://doi.org/10.32604/ijmhp.2026.079059
Abstract
Background: The Act Belong Commit-ABCs of Mental Health campaign is the world’s first comprehensive, population-wide, community-based initiative to promote mental health. In response to a growing demand for valid tools to monitor mental health promoting behaviours, this study presents the development and psychometric evaluation of the ABC-Mental Health Promoting Behaviours (ABC-MHPB) scale in a Danish population-based sample.
Methods: A 10-item scale was developed, based on the ABC framework, to assess mental health promoting behaviours. A total of 119,221 randomly selected participants aged 18+ filled out an electronic survey, including the scale to measure the underlying construct of mental health promoting behaviours. Analyses pertaining to construct, content, reliability, discriminant, and convergent validity assessments were carried out, and an operationalization was proposed.
Results: The initial 10-item version showed inadequate model fit, resulting in the removal of one item. Construct validity testing supported a 9-item three-factor model with satisfactory fit. Full invariance was observed across education (primary/unknown vs. higher), and partial invariance across sex (women vs. men) and age (<25 vs. 25+), with content, discriminant, and convergent validity also supported. Based on a practical operationalization of the scale, regression results showed a cross-sectional pattern characteristic of a dose-response association with the outcomes of mental well-being and loneliness.
Conclusion: The findings suggest that the 9-item ABC-MHPB scale is an appropriate tool for assessing and monitoring mental health promoting behaviours in the general population and might be relevant as a tool to evaluate interventions aiming to promote mental health. Further validation over time and in diverse populations, along with intervention and longitudinal studies, is needed to confirm its associations with mental health outcomes.
