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Measuring mental health and well-being of school-children in 15 European countries using the KIDSCREEN-10 Index. / Erhart, Michael; Ottova-Jordan, Veronika; Gaspar, Tanja; Jericek, Helena; Schnohr, Christina; Alikasifoglu, Mujgan; Morgan, Antony; Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike.

In: INT J PUBLIC HEALTH, Vol. 54, No. 2, 2, 2009, p. 160-166.

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Erhart, M, Ottova-Jordan, V, Gaspar, T, Jericek, H, Schnohr, C, Alikasifoglu, M, Morgan, A & Ravens-Sieberer, U 2009, 'Measuring mental health and well-being of school-children in 15 European countries using the KIDSCREEN-10 Index.', INT J PUBLIC HEALTH, vol. 54, no. 2, 2, pp. 160-166. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19652910?dopt=Citation>

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Erhart, M., Ottova-Jordan, V., Gaspar, T., Jericek, H., Schnohr, C., Alikasifoglu, M., Morgan, A., & Ravens-Sieberer, U. (2009). Measuring mental health and well-being of school-children in 15 European countries using the KIDSCREEN-10 Index. INT J PUBLIC HEALTH, 54(2), 160-166. [2]. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19652910?dopt=Citation

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Erhart M, Ottova-Jordan V, Gaspar T, Jericek H, Schnohr C, Alikasifoglu M et al. Measuring mental health and well-being of school-children in 15 European countries using the KIDSCREEN-10 Index. INT J PUBLIC HEALTH. 2009;54(2):160-166. 2.

Bibtex

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title = "Measuring mental health and well-being of school-children in 15 European countries using the KIDSCREEN-10 Index.",
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.",
author = "Michael Erhart and Veronika Ottova-Jordan and Tanja Gaspar and Helena Jericek and Christina Schnohr and Mujgan Alikasifoglu and Antony Morgan and Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer",
year = "2009",
language = "Deutsch",
volume = "54",
pages = "160--166",
journal = "INT J PUBLIC HEALTH",
issn = "1661-8556",
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TY - JOUR

T1 - Measuring mental health and well-being of school-children in 15 European countries using the KIDSCREEN-10 Index.

AU - Erhart, Michael

AU - Ottova-Jordan, Veronika

AU - Gaspar, Tanja

AU - Jericek, Helena

AU - Schnohr, Christina

AU - Alikasifoglu, Mujgan

AU - Morgan, Antony

AU - Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike

PY - 2009

Y1 - 2009

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz

VL - 54

SP - 160

EP - 166

JO - INT J PUBLIC HEALTH

JF - INT J PUBLIC HEALTH

SN - 1661-8556

IS - 2

M1 - 2

ER -