SynthesisClinical child and family psychology review2019
Systematic Review of Self-Report Measures of General Mental Health and Wellbeing in Adolescent Mental Health.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Measuring mental wellness among adolescents living with a physical chronic condition: a systematic review of the mental health and mental well-being instruments.BMC psychology · 2021Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Self-Report Measures of Negative Self-Referential Emotions Developed for Non-Clinical Child and Adolescent Samples.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2021Pooled it
- Measuring bonding or attachment in the parent-infant-relationship: A systematic review of parent-report assessment measures, their psychometric properties and clinical utility.Clinical psychology review · 2020Pooled it
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- Adolescents' Perceptions of Parenting Behaviors Mediate the Association of Maternal Childhood Abuse with Adolescent Externalizing Behaviors.Translational issues in psychological science · 2025Article
- Mapping the Instruments Used to Measure Well-Being on Children With Disabilities: A Scoping Review.Child: care, health and development · 2025Article
- District Functional Unit for Adolescents 2022: a pilot project in Italy to detect mental health strengths and difficulties among youth.Research in psychotherapy (Milano) · 2025Article
- Self-assessed health of adult Australian sport club participants during and after COVID-19 restrictions: a longitudinal study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Preliminary findings on psychometric properties of the adolescent story stem profile.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Assessing the parent-infant relationship: a two-stage, COSMIN-informed systematic review evaluating clinician-rated measures.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Linking Mechanisms in the Intergenerational Transmission of Mental Health: The Role of Sex in Parent-Adolescent Dynamics.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A Scoping Review of Mental Health and Wellbeing Outcome Measures for Children and Young People: Implications for Children in Out-of-home Care.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2024Article
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- The use of 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) in Ukrainian refugees: translation and validation study of the Ukrainian version.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2024Article
- The influence of minority stress-related experiences on mental wellbeing for trans/gender-diverse and cisgender youth: a comparative longitudinal analysis.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
- Differences in perceived threat and trauma in children during the COVID-19 pandemic.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2023Article
- Adolescent Perception of Mental Health: It's Not Only about Oneself, It's about Others Too.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
The assessment of general mental health and wellbeing is important within child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) for both clinicians and policy makers. Measurement tools are routinely relied upon to aid assessment and to monitor and evaluate treatment and service effectiveness. We conducted a systematic review using the COSMIN checklist to identify measures of general mental health and wellbeing for an adolescent mental health population. A systematic database search was performed using PsychINFO, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CINAHL in accordance with PRISMA guidelines. Database searching produced 9587 records, with 27 papers meeting eligibility criteria and 16 measures identified and critically appraised. The Y-QOL-R and the Y-QOL.30.1 had the most robust psychometric properties. When considering the clinical utility of measures alongside psychometric properties of measures, the GHQ-12, ORS and YP CORE had the greatest clinical utility. The psychometric quality of measures reviewed overall, however, were generally poor in quality. Measuring outcomes in CAMHS and ensuring appropriate treatment pathways for young people is important. This review highlights the need for more robust testing of the psychometric properties of adolescent measures. When selecting measurement tools, clinicians should not only consider the purpose of the measure, (i.e., discriminative, predictive, and evaluative) and characteristics of the instrument (e.g., intended population, measure length), but should also the quality of the psychometric properties of the instrument.
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