Screening the risk of XXXX : Validity evidence of the @entity1316 Questionnaire in adolescents and young adults.

@entity1 @entity1316 @entity162
UNASSIGNED: The aim of this study was to gather sources of validity evidence of the @entity1316 Questionnaire (MDQ) in young adults for its use as a screening tool for @entity162 . The sample was composed of 1,002 @entity1 , 268 @entity1 (26.7%). The mean age of @entity1 was 21.1 years (SD=3.9). The results showed that between 3 and 59% of the sample reported some hypomanic experience. Gender differences were found in the total score of the MDQ. The analysis of the internal structure by exploratory factor analysis yielded 2 factors, called Energy-Activity and Disinhibition-Attention. This dimensional structure was replicated in the exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM), and also had factorial equivalence by gender. @entity1 who met the cut-off points of the MDQ reported a worse perceived mental health status and more consummatory and anticipatory pleasure, compared to the low scores group. These findings indicate that the MDQ has adequate psychometric properties in non-clinical samples, and could be useful as a screening tool in psychopathology, with the possibility of optimizing strategies for early identification and prevention in individuals at high risk for @entity162 . Future studies should further explore the role of subclinical @entity162 and conduct longitudinal studies in samples of the general population.
