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The Military Cadets’ Mental Health Risk Scale (MCMHRS) is a psychometrically sound and culturally relevant multilevel assessment tool for evaluating mental health risk in military cadets. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To develop and psychometrically evaluate a comprehensive, hierarchical mental health risk scale specifically tailored to assess environmental risk, individual vulnerability, and protective resources in military cadets.

August 29, 2026HealthcareOpen Access

Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Military Cadets’ Mental Health Risk Scale (MCMHRS) in Chinese Military Academy Cadets

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FWFeifei WangShanxi Medical University JGJia GuoUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China GYGuoyu Yang

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Validation study reveals strong reliability and validity of a multilevel mental health risk scale in military cadets, suggesting utility for early identification and tiered interventions.

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To develop and psychometrically evaluate a comprehensive, hierarchical mental health risk scale specifically tailored to assess environmental risk, individual vulnerability, and protective resources in military cadets.
Generated an item pool refined through a two-round Delphi expert review (n = 15).
Administered a 64-item preliminary questionnaire to 610 Chinese cadets (mean age 19.45 ± 1.42 years; 82.6% male), randomly split into calibration (n = 244) and validation (n = 366) samples.
Performed exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and evaluated criterion validity against the PHQ-9, GAD-7, and WHO-5.
The finalized 53-item scale demonstrated a hierarchical structure of 13 first-order factors grouped into three second-order dimensions, showing strong structural fit (RMSEA = 0.043, CFI = 0.978).
The instrument showed high internal consistency (α = 0.968) and robust concurrent validity, correlating positively with the PHQ-9 (r = 0.70) and GAD-7 (r = 0.69), and negatively with the WHO-5 (r = −0.58).

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Wang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9299958e5d7d1fc0c11941 https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare14172730

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Validation study reveals strong reliability and validity of a multilevel mental health risk scale in military cadets, suggesting utility for early identification and tiered interventions.

Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Military Cadets’ Mental Health Risk Scale (MCMHRS) in Chinese Military Academy Cadets

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Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Military Cadets’ Mental Health Risk Scale (MCMHRS) in Chinese Military Academy Cadets

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