Measuring mental health and well-being of school-children in 15 European countries using the KIDSCREEN-10 Index

Michael Erhart; Veronika Ottova; Tania Gaspar; the HBSC Positive Health Focus Group; Inese Gobina

doi:10.1007/s00038-009-5407-7

Measuring mental health and well-being of school-children in 15 European countries using the KIDSCREEN-10 Index

Michael Erhart
, Veronika Ottova
, Tania Gaspar
, the HBSC Positive Health Focus Group
, Inese Gobina (Member of the Working Group)

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Abstract

Objectives: To test the psychometric properties and measurement results of the KIDSCREEN-10 Mental Health Index in school children from 15 European countries. Methods: Within the cross-sectional Health Behaviour in School-aged Children 2005/2006 Survey, 78,000 pupils aged 11, 13, 15 answered the KIDSCREEN and additional measures. Cronbach's alpha, Rasch partial credit model itemfit and ANOVAs were conducted. Results: Cronbach's alpha was 0.81, Rasch infit mean square residuals were 0.7'1.3. Mean scores varied 0.8 standard deviation across countries. Older pupils (effect size [ES] = 0.6), girls (ES = 0.2), pupils with low socio-economic status (ES = 0.5) or frequent health complaints (r = 0.5) reported decreased mental health. Conclusions: The KIDSCREEN-10 displayed good psychometric properties. Measured differences between countries, age, gender, SES, and health complaints comply with theoretical considerations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S160-S166
Journal	International Journal of Public Health
Volume	54
Issue number	S2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-009-5407-7
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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Children & adolescents
HBSC Study
KIDSCREEN-10 Index
Mental health
Well-being

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3.3 Health sciences

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