Screening for Student Mental Health Risk: Diagnostic Accuracy, Measurement Invariance, and Predictive Validity of the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener-Student Rating Scale (SAEBRS-SRS)

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathaniel P. von der Embse ◽  
Stephen P. Kilgus ◽  
Stephanie Iaccarino ◽  
Shana Levi-Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Diagnostic Accuracy ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Predictive Validity ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Emotional Behavior ◽  
Student Rating ◽  
Accuracy Measurement ◽  
The Social

Development and Validation of the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener–Student Rating Scale

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 186-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathaniel P. von der Embse ◽  
Stephanie Iaccarino ◽  
Ariel Mankin ◽  
Stephen P. Kilgus ◽  
Eran Magen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Teacher Rating ◽  
Emotional Behavior ◽  
Student Rating ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Based ◽  
The Social ◽  
Psychometric Evidence

School systems are the primary providers for the increasing number of children with mental health needs. School-based universal screening offers a valuable way to identify children that would benefit from school-based mental health services. However, many existing screening systems rely on teacher ratings alone and do not incorporate student self-ratings. The current study evaluates the psychometric properties of the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener–Student Rating Scale (SAEBRS-SRS), a new 20-item multidimensional universal screener intended to provide assessment data on students’ social, academic, and emotional functioning. The SAEBRS-SRS complements the SAEBRS Teacher Rating Scale (TRS), which has previously demonstrated robust psychometric evidence. In the current study, data were collected from a racially and ethnically diverse sample of middle school students. Confirmatory factor analyses supported a bifactor structure consistent with the SAEBRS-TRS, with items corresponding to internally consistent Social, Academic, and Emotional Behaviors subscales, as well as an overall Total Behavior scale. The current analyses yield promising initial support for the development of the SAEBRS-SRS. Implications and the need for future research to provide additional psychometric evidence are discussed.

Social, Academic,and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener–Student Rating Scale

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathaniel P. von der Embse ◽  
Stephanie Iaccarino ◽  
Ariel Mankin ◽  
Stephen P. Kilgus ◽  
Eran Magen
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Emotional Behavior ◽  
Student Rating

Structural Validity and Reliability of Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener–Student Rating Scale Scores: A Replication Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 153450842090952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen P. Kilgus ◽  
Katie Eklund ◽  
Nathaniel P. von der Embse ◽  
Madison Weist ◽  
Alexandra J. Barber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Bifactor Model ◽  
Emotional Behavior ◽  
Student Rating ◽  
General Factor ◽  
Structural Validity ◽  
Acceptable Internal Consistency ◽  
Total Behavior

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the structural validity, internal consistency, and measurement invariance of scores from the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener–Student Rating Scale (mySAEBRS), a student self-report universal screening tool. Participants included 24,094 K–12 students who completed the mySAEBRS. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) supported the fit of a bifactor model, wherein each item corresponding to both a general factor (i.e., Total Behavior) and one of three narrow factors (i.e., Social Behavior, Academic Behavior, and Emotional Behavior). Such model fit was superior to that of alternative factor structures (i.e., unidimensional, correlated-factor, and higher order). A review of pattern coefficients suggested items were relatively split, with some items loading higher on the general factor and others loading higher on their narrow factor. A series of multigroup CFAs supported the configural and metric invariance of the bifactor model, while yielding less consistent support for scalar/threshold invariance. Omega reliability coefficients indicated each mySAEBRS scale was associated with acceptable internal consistency (>.70). However, when accounting for other factors, only the Total Behavior, Social Behavior, and Emotional Behavior scales demonstrated acceptable internal consistency (i.e., >.50). Implications for practice and directions for future research are discussed.

Evaluating the applied use of a mental health screener: Structural validity of the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener.

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 1265-1275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathaniel P. von der Embse ◽  
Laura L. Pendergast ◽  
Stephen P. Kilgus ◽  
Katie R. Eklund
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Emotional Behavior ◽  
Structural Validity ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals Perception of Attitudes of the General Population toward Homosexuality in Taiwan: Roles of Demographic Factors, Mental Health, and Social Debates on Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2618
Author(s):  
Huang-Chi Lin ◽  
Yi-Lung Chen ◽  
Nai-Ying Ko ◽  
Yu-Ping Chang ◽  
Wei-Hsin Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Status ◽  
General Population ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Internet Survey ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
The Social ◽  
People’S Perception

The aims of this online survey study were to examine the associations of demographic characteristics (gender, age, and sexual orientation), mental health status, and point in time of the survey (i.e., the beginning of the social debates on legalizing same-sex marriage vs. the end of the social debates) with people’s perception of the attitudes of the general population in Taiwan toward homosexuality. A two-wave internet survey was conducted using Facebook to gather information regarding people’s perception of the population’s attitudes toward homosexuality among 4562 participants. The five-item Brief Symptom Rating Scale was used for assessing mental health status. The results indicated that participants perceived the population as having a lower acceptance at the end of the social debates on legalizing same-sex marriage than at the beginning of the social debates; gender moderated the decline in perceived acceptance. The results also indicated that poor mental health and heterosexual orientation were significantly associated with a lower perception of the population’s homosexuality acceptance in both waves of the survey. The factors related to perceived homosexuality acceptance need to be considered in developing programs to increase the population’s homosexuality acceptance.

Examining SAEBRS Technical Adequacy and the Moderating Influence of Criterion Type on Cut Score Performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 377-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen P. Kilgus ◽  
Nathaniel P. von der Embse ◽  
Amanda N. Allen ◽  
Crystal N. Taylor ◽  
Katie Eklund
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Accuracy ◽  
Operating Characteristic ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Teacher Rating ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Emotional Behavior ◽  
Technical Adequacy ◽  
Cut Score ◽  
Two Measures

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the internal consistency reliability, validity, and diagnostic accuracy of Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener–Teacher Rating Scale (SAEBRS) scores. Teachers ( n = 68) universally screened 1,242 elementary students using two measures: the SAEBRS and the Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BESS). Multilevel analyses indicated that although SAEBRS scores were internally consistent at the overall level, reliability suffered for certain SAEBRS scores at the between-group (classroom) level. Multilevel correlational analyses revealed moderate-to-large and statistically significant relations between SAEBRS and BESS scores at the overall, between-group, and within-group levels. Follow-up Fisher’s z tests revealed a pattern of convergent and discriminant relations in accordance with theory-driven expectations. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses supported the diagnostic accuracy of each SAEBRS scale. Further examination of findings relative to prior research suggested SAEBRS diagnostic accuracy is moderated by the type of criterion measure under consideration.

scholarly journals Depressive symptomatology in adults during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. jim-2021-001992
Author(s):  
Álvaro Alexander Ocampo González ◽  
Javier Ferney Castillo García ◽  
Laura Carolina Pabón Sandoval ◽  
José Rafael Tovar Cuevas ◽  
Sirsa Aleyda Hidalgo Ibarra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Depressive Symptomatology ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
The Social ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale ◽  
Valle Del Cauca

Depression entails changes in the mental health of individuals worldwide. Episodes of depression lead to mood swings and changes in the motivational dimension. Our research focused on the prevalence of depression in the adult population and on how it affected the social and affective dimensions. Owing to the current pandemic, we deemed it necessary to explore how protective measures against COVID-19 infection, such as quarantines, could be related to mental health. Moreover, we found it important to determine the prevalence of depressive and anxious symptomatology in adults from the Valle del Cauca region in Colombia during the social isolation connected to COVID-19. Our study was descriptive, analytical and cross-sectional, and involved 1248 subjects. As tools, we used the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale. The data demonstrated that women were more likely to display symptoms of depression and that individuals aged between 24 and 29 were less likely to reveal symptoms of anxiety than those aged between 18 and 23. Moreover, childless or economically dependent individuals proved to be more likely to display symptoms of depression during the pandemic.

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