Age Appropriateness of the Self-Report Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

Black, Louise; Mansfield, Rosie; Panayiotou, Margarita

doi:10.1177/1073191120903382

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“…Finally, both the SDQ and SWEMWBS present some challenges in accuracy. It has recently been identified that the readability of the SDQ for younger adolescents is questionable and requires revision if it is to be self‐reported (Black, Mansfield, & Panayiotou, 2020). Similarly, SWEMWBS was found to be less understandable and relatable by an online population when compared with the YP‐CORE and SDQ (Sefi et al., 2020).…”

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Assessing the need of young people using online counselling services: how useful are standardised measures?

Oppong¹,

Rothwell²,

Sefi³

et al. 2021

Child Adoles Ment Health

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Background Clinical assessments for children and young people entering a mental health service help to identify the prevalence of need within that population, support intervention recommendations, and enable service evaluation. Evidence related to the use of standardised measures in an ever‐expanding online environment, for the purpose of identifying need, is limited. Methods This study explores the reliability of using a standardised measure to detect clinical need in an online therapeutic environment, and the measures assessed are as follows: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), Young Person’s CORE (YP‐CORE) and the Short Warwick and Edinburgh Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS). A deep‐dive approach is used to inform practitioner assessment of young people, followed by a Weighted Cohen’s Kappa (Κw) to measure the interrater reliability between this and the individuals’ self‐rated outcome. Composite case studies represent the complexities of presentation among the sample population. Results The interrater reliability between self‐rated and practitioner rated assessment varied between Κw = .222 and Κw = 0.446 depending on the measure. High levels of need and low levels of well‐being were found among the sample (YP‐CORE Avg. = 26.9, SDQ Avg. = 19.56, SWEMWBS Avg. = 18.1). Conclusions The findings demonstrate a fair to moderate reliability when assessing concordance between service users and practitioners, which suggests standardised measures are a reliable indicator of need. Higher levels of need were present than those seen previously in general or face‐to‐face clinical populations, which suggests using such measures in an online therapeutic environment influences the way in which assessments are responded to.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing the need of young people using online counselling services: how useful are standardised measures?

Oppong¹,

Rothwell²,

Sefi³

et al. 2021

Child Adoles Ment Health

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“…The choice of indicators was restricted, given that the software used for the panel network analysis currently cannot handle more than around 30 (Epskamp, 2020b) and it is not appropriate to indiscriminately include highly similar indicators in networks (Fried & Cramer, 2017; Rhemtulla, Cramer, van Bork, & Williams, 2018). Items were therefore selected from those available in the dataset according to the following criteria: (a) conceptual domain, (b) item simplicity, given issues highlighted in this area (Black et al, 2020a), (c) descriptive and factor model statistics.…”

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Internalizing symptoms, well-being, and correlates in adolescence: A multiverse exploration via cross-lagged panel network models

2021

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Internalizing symptoms are the most prevalent mental health problem in adolescents, with sharp increases seen, particularly for girls, and evidence that young people today report more problems than previous generations. It is therefore critical to measure and monitor these states on a large scale and consider correlates. We used novel panel network methodology to explore relationships between internalizing symptoms, well-being, and inter/intrapersonal indicators. A multiverse design was used with 32 conditions to consider the stability of results across arbitrary researcher decisions in a large community sample over three years (N = 15,843, aged 11–12 at Time 1). Networks were consistently similar for girls and boys. Stable trait-like effects within anxiety, attentional, and social indicators were found. Within-person networks were densely connected and suggested mental health and inter/intrapersonal correlates related to one another in similar complex ways. The multiverse design suggested the particular operationalization of items can substantially influence conclusions. Nevertheless, indicators such as thinking clearly, unhappiness, dealing with stress, and worry showed more consistent centrality, suggesting these indicators may play particularly important roles in the development of mental health in adolescence.

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“…Younger ages (e.g., aged 13 only, 13-15) were examined for unique response patterns through item/scale diagnostics (Black et al, 2020). We also checked item and test invariance by demographics (e.g., age, first language) and clinical factors (self-reported psychiatric diagnosis, lifetime suicide attempts) through DIF and differential test functioning.…”

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Measuring the Suicidal Mind: The ‘Open Source’ Suicidality Scale, for Adolescents and Adults

Harris¹,

Wang²,

Mu³

et al. 2022

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Clinicians are expected to provide accurate and useful mental health assessments, but existing instruments often fail to meet expectations. We used a multi-model approach to address one urgent psychiatric concern, developing a highly valid, ‘free culture’ license, instrument – the Suicidality Scale (SS). Study 1 survey participants (N=5,115, aged 13-82) completed an item pool and psychosocial measures. Study 2 (N=814, aged 14-80) included SS modifications and a follow-up (two weeks) assessment (n=190). Study 3 (N=626, aged 14-83) included further modifications. SS psychometric properties were high (loadings > .77; a > 2.2; test-retest r = .87; internal consistency, ωt = .96). Invariance checks were satisfied for demographics, self-reported psychiatric diagnosis, and suicide attempt history. The SS showed stronger psychometrics and significant differences in bivariate associations compared with available suicide measures. The ‘open source’ Suicidality Scale represents a step forward in accurate suicide risk assessment for adolescents, adults, and diverse populations.

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Age Appropriateness of the Self-Report Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

Cited by 23 publications

References 64 publications

Assessing the need of young people using online counselling services: how useful are standardised measures?

Assessing the need of young people using online counselling services: how useful are standardised measures?

Internalizing symptoms, well-being, and correlates in adolescence: A multiverse exploration via cross-lagged panel network models

Measuring the Suicidal Mind: The ‘Open Source’ Suicidality Scale, for Adolescents and Adults

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