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{"title":"Impact of healthy lifestyles on mental health indicators in adolescents after the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Luz M. Carrizales ,&nbsp;Lindsey W. Vilca ,&nbsp;Cesia Santiago-Vizcarra ,&nbsp;Yoselin Shara Fernández ,&nbsp;Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez","doi":"10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200371","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200371","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>Healthy lifestyles are extremely important since they are one of the main protective factors in adolescence, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. However, no explanatory models have been found that study the impact of healthy lifestyles on levels of anxiety, depression, and psychological well-being. The study's objective was to test a model that allows determining the impact of healthy lifestyles on mental health indicators in adolescents in a post-COVID-19 pandemic period.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>Non-probabilistic sampling was used to collect the participants. The sample included 1515 Peruvian adolescents of both sexes (53.4% men and 46.6% women) from 12 to 18 years of age (<em>M</em> = 14.5; SD = 1.5). The WMS Healthy Lifestyle Scale, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale, the Patient Health Questionnaire, and the General Well-being Index were used to measure the variables.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The study results show that the proposed explanatory model presents adequate fit indices (χ2 = 4280.30; df = 1113; <em>P</em> &lt; 0.001; RMSEA = 0.043 [IC90% 0.042 – 0.045]; CFI = 0.94; TLI = 0.94; SRMR = 0.064). Specifically, it was found that the practice of healthy lifestyles negatively predicts the level of anxiety (-0.37; <em>P</em> &lt; 0.001) and depression (-0.47; <em>P</em> &lt; 0.001). On the other hand, it positively predicts the level of psychological well-being (0.74; <em>P</em> &lt; 0.001) experienced by adolescents. The study also found that an important group of adolescents present anxiety symptoms (38.6%) and depression (38.3%).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Healthy lifestyles are important for the mental health of adolescents since they manage to predict the level of anxiety, depression, and, above all, the level of psychological well-being of adolescents after the COVID-19 pandemic.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55864,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health and Prevention","volume":"36 ","pages":"Article 200371"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142535210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Parental burnout assessment: Validation in Indonesian parents","authors":"Fitri Ariyanti Abidin ,&nbsp;Efi Fitriana ,&nbsp;Vidya Anindhita ,&nbsp;Hendriati Agustiani ,&nbsp;Syipa Husni Fadilah ,&nbsp;Fredrick Dermawan Purba ,&nbsp;Kustimah","doi":"10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200372","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200372","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>In the last fifteen years, there has been a growing global focus on parental burnout due to its negative impact on parents, partners, and children. The Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA) is the established measurement to assess parental burnout and has been validated in various languages. Nevertheless, the Indonesian version of PBA is not available. The present study validated the Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA) in Indonesian parents.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Data were analyzed with 679 Indonesian parents (mothers= 593, fathers= 86) aged 22–66 (mean= 38.07, SD= 7.91). Participants were recruited through social media.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Confirmatory Factor Analysis confirmed a good fit of data confirming the original four-factor model (CFA (χ² (679=959.553, df=212, <em>p =</em> .000; CFI=0.93; GFI=0.894; RMSEA= 0.072; CI=0.067; 0.077; SRM<em>R =</em> 0.05; TLI= 0.917). Results revealed good internal consistency for the overall score (α = 0.93) and its dimensions (emotional exhausted= 0.86; contrast= 0.86; feeling of being fed up= 0.89), except for emotional distancing (α = 0.53). The Indonesian version of PBA also revealed good psychometric properties for construct validity, with measures of emotional well-being, parenting stress, and aloneliness (r_{positive affect}= -0.58; r_{negative affect}= 0.60; r_{parental stress}= 0.64; r_aloneliness= 0.59).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The results support its relevance for assessing parental burnout among Indonesian-speaking parents, offering new opportunities for cross-cultural research and clinical diagnosis in the parenting domain. Our research confirms the reliability and validity of the Indonesian adaptation of the Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA-ID). These findings underscore the relevance of the PBA-ID within the Indonesian setting, offering significant implications for mental health assessment and intervention strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55864,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health and Prevention","volume":"36 ","pages":"Article 200372"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142535202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Changes in suicide literacy and intentions to ask about suicide: “Community Linker” training for those supporting Aboriginal people","authors":"Frank P. Deane ,&nbsp;Glenn Williams ,&nbsp;Mitchell K. Byrne ,&nbsp;Wade Longbottom ,&nbsp;Tiffany N. Weston ,&nbsp;Bianca Hunt ,&nbsp;Peter Caputi ,&nbsp;Tiffany Bett ,&nbsp;Jesse-Lee Regan","doi":"10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200369","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200369","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>Gatekeeper training programs are widely used with promising results for suicide prevention. However, studies have found that when delivered to Indigenous communities, outcomes can be variable or ineffective. This study is a feasibility trial of a gatekeeper program based on the standardised ‘Question, Persuade and Refer’ (QPR) approach, which was adapted to the cultural needs of local Aboriginal communities in the Shoalhaven region of New South Wales, Australia. The study aims to identify whether 1) knowledge of suicide and intentions to help increase over the course of completing the gatekeeper program; 2) participants of different educational backgrounds have similar outcomes in suicide literacy and intentions to help; and 3) Aboriginal people and non-Aboriginal people have similar outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>One hundred individuals participated in the research, of which 50% identified as an Aboriginal person. Pre- and post-training questionnaires assessed whether participants experienced an increase in suicide literacy and intentions to support others at risk of suicide.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Although pre-test scores for suicide literacy and intentions to help were high, these increased significantly from pre- to post-test. Those with no prior gatekeeper training showed larger changes in both suicide literacy and intentions to ask about suicide compared to those with prior training.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Overall, this study highlights that delivery of culturally adapted gatekeeper training is associated with improved suicide literacy and intentions to ask about suicide amongst trainees.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55864,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health and Prevention","volume":"36 ","pages":"Article 200369"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142535151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Improving resilience and mental well-being among refugees residing at asylum centers in the Netherlands: A pre-post feasibility study","authors":"Tom Hendriks ,&nbsp;Aabidien Hassankhan ,&nbsp;Joop T.V.M. de Jong ,&nbsp;Marianne van Woerkom","doi":"10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200366","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200366","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Few studies have explored the effects of mental health and psychosocial support programs among refugees residing at asylum centers. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of a positive psychology intervention called BAMBOO among refugees temporarily residing at asylum centers in the Netherlands.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>Data was collected at 35 asylum centers from 243 participants who completed five weekly two-hour sessions. Pre- and post-changes in resilience, happiness, and positive and negative affect were assessed using a one-group pretest–posttest design. Also, program fidelity, participant satisfaction, and program activity suitability were evaluated.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Completer and intention-to-treat analyses revealed a significant medium increase in resilience, a large increase in happiness, a small increase in positive affect, and a medium decrease in negative affect. Reliable change indices showed a positive change in 24 % of the participants on resilience and 13 % on positive and negative affect, respectively. Participant retention was 80 %. Moreover, participant satisfaction was high. Also, a substantial proportion of participants evaluated reading and writing-based activities as less suitable in comparison to activities based on verbal and creative expression, physical movement, and meditation/prayer.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Findings showed significant increases in scores from pre- to post-assessment on resilience, happiness, and positive affect and a decrease in negative affect. Since the study design limits the ability to attribute causation, future controlled studies should be conducted to stablish stronger evidence regarding the program's effects. Additionally, the program could benefit from further adaptation to enhance its cultural sensitivity. Trial registration number: ISRCTN18019972</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55864,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health and Prevention","volume":"36 ","pages":"Article 200366"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142441800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“It's the people that make the difference”: Understanding the significance of psychosocial support for professional athletes","authors":"Sam Lane","doi":"10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200364","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200364","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study explores the importance of psychosocial support within professional sporting organizations and its impact on athlete wellbeing.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Seventeen participants, including current and retired athletes, coaches, and support staff from an Australian professional sporting organization, were interviewed as part of this study. Thematic analysis was used to identify key themes related to psychosocial support and athlete wellbeing.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Findings highlight the diverse roles that staff play in athletes' psychosocial support networks, with relational trust emerging as a crucial factor in promoting wellbeing and encouraging help-seeking behavior.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The study recommends a holistic approach to athlete wellbeing, incorporating clear guidelines for staff on responding to athletes' help-seeking behaviors, along with sport-specific mental health literacy training to enhance the effectiveness of the support provided.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55864,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health and Prevention","volume":"36 ","pages":"Article 200364"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142425272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Parenting strategies to support adolescent mental health during a pandemic: A Delphi consensus study","authors":"Katie Q. Lin ,&nbsp;Mairead C. Cardamone-Breen ,&nbsp;Clare Nowell ,&nbsp;Anthony F. Jorm ,&nbsp;Marie B.H. Yap","doi":"10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200363","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200363","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The COVID-19 pandemic has had ongoing detrimental effects on mental health, especially for young people. Parents can play a crucial role in the prevention of youth depression and anxiety disorders. While parenting guidelines for reducing the risk of adolescent depression and anxiety have been developed, they needed to be adapted for the unique challenges brought by a pandemic.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>This study employed the Delphi methodology to establish expert consensus on parenting strategies that are important for preventing adolescent depression or anxiety disorders during a pandemic. Through a literature search and panel recommendations, we identified 304 parenting recommendations. These were presented to an international panel of 35 experts in parenting and youth mental health, who rated the importance of these recommendations in preventing adolescent depression and anxiety over three survey rounds.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>There were 167 parenting strategies endorsed as important or essential in reducing adolescents' risk of developing depression or anxiety disorders during a pandemic by ≥90% of the panel. These strategies were written into a set of specific and actionable guidelines for parenting through the pandemic, and made freely available online for parents.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>This study adapted an original set of parenting guidelines for the COVID-19 pandemic, supported by research evidence and/or international experts, which can be promoted in Western English-speaking communities to help parents protect their adolescents from depression and anxiety disorders during pandemic and post-pandemic times.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55864,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health and Prevention","volume":"36 ","pages":"Article 200363"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142425271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Whāia te iti kahurangi: Seeking perinatal mental health equity. Māori offer solutions for the health system","authors":"Cara Meredith ,&nbsp;Christina McKerchar ,&nbsp;Tracy Haitana ,&nbsp;Suzanne Pitama","doi":"10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200362","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200362","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>In Aotearoa, New Zealand (NZ), Māori experience significant perinatal health inequities. Perinatal mental health and maternal suicide are critical equity issues for Aotearoa, NZ's health system and require a systems level response. Health equity is mandated in Aotearoa, NZ, through Te Tiriti o Waitangi, however, Māori continue to face inequitable access to services, resources, and best practice perinatal healthcare. Qualitative data can enhance our understanding of a health system's impact and performance. The purpose of this paper is to utilise qualitative data to identify how Aotearoa, NZ's health system is performing, from the perspectives of Māori mothers and birthing parents experiencing perinatal mental illness.</div></div><div><h3>Design</h3><div>This qualitative research is grounded in Kaupapa Māori Research methodology. Kaupapa Māori Research methodology is an Indigenous research methodology that privileges the voices of Māori in the design and implementation of research. Semi structured interviews were undertaken with twenty Māori mothers/birthing parents with experience of perinatal mental illness. All participants had accessed a community perinatal mental health service within the previous 12 months.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Expert analysis from Māori mothers and birthing parents identified key recommendations relating to services, treatment, workforce, and communication and education. These recommendations were grouped into sub-themes encompassing options, access and barriers, and whānau. The recommendations encompassed participants’ perceptions of how the health system can enhance efficiency, improve health outcomes and achieve equity for Māori within the perinatal period.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>To achieve Māori health equity in the perinatal period, systemic and structural transformation of the perinatal health system is required. The recommendations identified by Māori mothers and birthing parents in this study can be applied at clinical, service, and system levels to remove the structural barriers faced by Māori in the perinatal health system and be utilised in the development of an equitable, early intervention and prevention focused perinatal mental health system.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55864,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health and Prevention","volume":"36 ","pages":"Article 200362"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142359506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Are younger people more accurate at identifying mental health disorders, recommending help appropriately, and do they show lower mental health stigma than older people?","authors":"Joanne Clarkin,&nbsp;Caitlin Heywood,&nbsp;Lucy J. Robinson","doi":"10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200361","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200361","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Mental health awareness initiatives and expansion in the concept breadth of mental health disorders have been suggested as potential contributors to the increased prevalence of mental disorders and help-seeking in younger people. Consistent with positive effects of mental health awareness campaigns, this study explored whether younger people show greater accuracy at recognising mental health disorders from written vignettes, lower mental health stigma and appropriate help-seeking recommendations.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>Participants (<em>n</em> = 134 participants &lt;40 years and <em>n</em> = 105 participants ≥40 years of age) were randomised to see three vignettes (Schizophrenia, social anxiety and grief) depicting a ‘young’ character (in their 20 s) or an ‘older’ character (in their 50 s). After each vignette, they were asked whether the character had a mental health disorder, whether they should seek help and questions focused on mental health stigma. They were also asked questions about their own mental health.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Younger participants were more likely to identify a mental health problem and recommend help-seeking for social anxiety and grief than older participants. There were no differences for Schizophrenia. Younger people showed greater stigma towards the vignettes depicting Schizophrenia and social anxiety and rated their own mental health significantly worse than older participants.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Results are consistent with better sensitivity, but lower specificity in the recognition of mental disorders in younger people. Perceptions of whether distressing experiences are considered a mental health disorder that requires professional help (but not the severity of the experiences themselves) may be different in younger compared to older age groups.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55864,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health and Prevention","volume":"36 ","pages":"Article 200361"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212657024000436/pdfft?md5=5013a34b355afc4d5029aa97c1ff737f&pid=1-s2.0-S2212657024000436-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142150151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Audio-guided and mindfulness-based forest bathing in moderately affected Long/Post-COVID patients: A pre-post pilot-study","authors":"Anna J. Torner ,&nbsp;Anika Meißner ,&nbsp;Alicia Borchert ,&nbsp;Gisela Immich ,&nbsp;Kristian Folta-Schoofs","doi":"10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200359","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200359","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>Long/Post-COVID patients are in urgent need of specialized treatment. Forest bathing has shown to promote health and well-being, and thus may be an appropriate treatment option. This pilot study aimed to investigate both the feasibility of a two-week audio-guided and mindfulness-based forest bathing intervention and pre-to-post symptom changes in Long/Post-COVID patients.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A repeated-measures design was employed to collect self-reported data on Long/Post-COVID symptoms, fatigue, well-being and stress-coping strategies from moderately affected Long/Post-COVID patients (<em>N</em> = 46, <em>N</em> = 36 included; recruited through media) prior to and following participation in the forest bathing program. Pulse rate was monitored through smartwatches. Feasibility was assessed by analysis of dropout rates.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The dropout rate was 22 % due to physical and environmental conditions. We observed decreased overall Long/Post-COVID symptoms (<em>p</em> &lt; .001) and fatigue (<em>p</em> &lt; .001), increased well-being (<em>p</em> &lt; .001) and a more adaptive use of stress-coping strategies (<em>p</em> &lt; .01) over time. Participants` pulse rate fell within the normal range after a forest “walk” (<em>p</em> &lt; .001).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Our results suggest that further research on audio-guided and mindfulness-based forest bathing is warranted, since this approach may offer a feasible and cost-effective method for the complementary treatment of moderate Long/Post-COVID.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55864,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health and Prevention","volume":"35 ","pages":"Article 200359"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212657024000412/pdfft?md5=e98d2657ca68c67b6228305c5c264477&pid=1-s2.0-S2212657024000412-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142040958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How are we measuring resilience in children? A systematic review","authors":"Julia R. Hall ,&nbsp;Ben Deery ,&nbsp;Emma Sciberras ,&nbsp;Margaret Kern ,&nbsp;Jon Quach","doi":"10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200351","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200351","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Resilience in children has received considerable interest from research bodies, policymakers, practitioners, and education bodies due to its potential impact on well-being, as well as physical and mental health. To support and cultivate resilience, appropriate measurement is important. However, numerous definitions and measures of resilience exist. To provide clarity, this paper offers a systematic review of measures used to assess resilience in children.</p><p>Systematic search conducted in Medline, ERIC, ProQuest Central, Scopus, PsychINFO, and Web of Science. Keywords included ‘resilien* and measure* and child*’. Eligible studies: assessed children aged 0–12 years, of all abilities; and, contained a measure to assess resilience, inclusive of parent, teacher, and/or child-report measures.</p><p>From 24,902 studies retrieved, 86 studies were included, identifying 54 measures for assessing resilience. 28 measures identified as proposing to measure resilience construct as their primary goal, whilst 27 were identified as proxy measures assessing constructs relating to resilience. Overall, 34 % of articles reported on both reliability and validity, with 20 % reporting neither of these.</p><p>While there is a range of measures used to assess resilience in children, there is a lack of consensus regarding what constructs and domains represent resilience. A large proportion had minimal or no psychometrics reported, highlighting the limitations of this area. This is an important starting point for consolidating how resilience is defined and measured within research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55864,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health and Prevention","volume":"35 ","pages":"Article 200351"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212657024000333/pdfft?md5=015aa46497c99a2f6cffa31cb218da1d&pid=1-s2.0-S2212657024000333-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141962949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}