Measurement Properties of the Thought Disturbance Scale of the MAYSI-2: An Assessment of Its Appropriateness for Girls

IF 1.4 1区社会学 Q2 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice Pub Date : 2026-06-04 DOI:10.1177/15412040261458857

Jeremiah W. Jaggers, Whitney Howey, Patricia K. Kerig

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Abstract

Studies informing gender-responsive programming in the juvenile justice system reveal high levels of mental health problems amongst girls; however, relatively neglected has been attention to thought disturbances. A major impediment in this regard is that the Thought Disturbance subscale of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-2 (MAYSI-2), the most widely used screening measure for mental health problems amongst detained youth, was not deemed reliable for use with girls in the original validation studies. Given the pervasive use of the MAYSI-2 and the importance of identifying thought disturbance amongst girls, a more robust evaluation is needed. An evaluation of the measurement properties, including confirmatory factor analysis, item response theory, and measurement invariance models, was conducted in a sample of 5615 detained youth. Findings suggested that the Thought Disturbance subscale may be suitable for mental health screening with girls.

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MAYSI-2思想障碍量表的测量特性及其对女孩的适宜性评价

为少年司法系统中促进性别平等方案提供信息的研究表明，女孩的心理健康问题非常严重；然而，相对被忽视的是对思维干扰的关注。在这方面的一个主要障碍是，马萨诸塞州青少年筛查工具-2 （MAYSI-2）的思维障碍子量表是被拘留的青少年中最广泛使用的心理健康问题筛查措施，在最初的验证研究中被认为不可靠，不适用于女孩。鉴于MAYSI-2的普遍使用以及识别女孩思维障碍的重要性，需要进行更有力的评估。对5615名被拘留青年的测量特性进行了评估，包括验证性因子分析、项目反应理论和测量不变性模型。研究结果表明，思想障碍分量表可能适用于女孩的心理健康筛查。

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Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice: An Interdisciplinary Journal provides academics and practitioners in juvenile justice and related fields with a resource for publishing current empirical research on programs, policies, and practices in the areas of youth violence and juvenile justice. Emphasis is placed on such topics as serious and violent juvenile offenders, juvenile offender recidivism, institutional violence, and other relevant topics to youth violence and juvenile justice such as risk assessment, psychopathy, self-control, and gang membership, among others. Decided emphasis is placed on empirical research with specific implications relevant to juvenile justice process, policy, and administration. Interdisciplinary in scope, Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice serves a diverse audience of academics and practitioners in the fields of criminal justice, education, psychology, social work, behavior analysis, sociology, law, counseling, public health, and all others with an interest in youth violence and juvenile justice.