title: Measuring mental health and well-being of school-children in 15 European countries using the KIDSCREEN-10 Index.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  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.
authors: University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Erhart
authors: Veronika
authors: V
authors: Ottova
authors: Tanja
authors: T
authors: Gaspar
authors: Helena
authors: H
authors: Jericek
authors: Christina
authors: C
authors: Schnohr
authors: Mujgan
authors: M
authors: Alikasifoglu
authors: Antony
authors: A
authors: Morgan
authors: Ulrike
authors: U
authors: Ravens-Sieberer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011594:Psychometrics