Reliability and Validity of 10-item Kessler Scale (K10) Chinese Version in Evaluation of Mental Health Status of Chinese Population

Objective: To test the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of 10-item Kessler Scale(K10). Methods: 871 undergraduates of a university were selected by random clustering sampling. The subjects were interviewed with the K10. Results: The Kappa value of the test-retest output was 0.703 (P0.001); the split-half reliability coefficient was 0.7076 (P0.001) and the Cronbach’α coefficient was 0.8011 (P0.001). The two-class double factor model fits well. Conclusion: K10 has good reliability and validity,which is available for the evaluation of mental health status in Chinese population.