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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has caused a global health crisis. It also leads to different types of psychosocial problems in society as a result of preventive health measures and the disease itself. Among others, psychopathological symptoms and suicide behaviors have increased. The PsicorecurSOS COVID-19 online protocol was designed. At baseline, 1020 Spanish adults were assessed, during confinement, for sociodemographics, fear of COVID-19, anxious-depressive symptoms, covitality, and suicidal ideation. Reliability, descriptive, and frequency analyses were carried out, and the computer tool SPSS PROCESS was used to carry out a conditional process analysis (model 59). A total of 595 participants were included (58.30% response rate from baseline; mean age = 37.18 [SD = 13.30]; 72.44% female). Regarding suicidal ideation, 12% responded differently to “never,” 19.3% exceeded the cutoff point on the anxiety scale, and 24% on the depression scale. Moderate mediation analysis explained 27% of the variance in suicidal ideation. In addition, the indirect effect of moderate mediation was significant (b = −.004, SE = .002 with the presence of covitality; and b = .01, SE = .003 absence of covitality). Sex and age did not influence the overall outcome of the model. The data from this study can serve as a starting point for generating social and health treatment initiatives based on self-examination of anxiety-depressive symptoms and increasing socio-emotional skills in order to prevent and alleviate the psychosocial effects of the pandemic.

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Background The short form, 17-item version of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist-Youth Self-Report (PSC-17-Y) is a validated measure that assesses psychosocial problems overall (OVR) and in 3 major psychopathological domains (internalizing, externalizing, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder), taking 5-10 min to complete. Prior research has established sound psychometric properties of the PSC-17-Y for English speakers. Objective This study extends psychometric evidence for the acceptability of the PSC-17-Y in a large sample of Spanish adolescents, providing proof of its reliability and structure, convergent and discriminant validity, and longitudinal and gender invariance. Methods Data were collected on 5430 adolescents, aged 12-18 years, who filled out the PSC-17-Y twice during 2018-2019 (7-month interval). We calculated the Cronbach alpha and the McDonald omega coefficients to test reliability, the Pearson correlation for convergent (distress) and criterion validity (well-being, quality of life, and socioemotional skills), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) for structure validity, and multigroup and longitudinal measurement invariance analysis for longitudinal and gender stability. Results Within structural analysis for the PSC-17-Y, CFA supported a correlated 3-factor solution, which was also invariant longitudinally and across gender. All 3 subscales showed evidence of reliability, with coefficients near or above .70. Moreover, scores of PSC-17-Y subscales were positively related with convergent measures and negatively related with criterion measures. Normative data for the PSC-17-Y are presented in the form of percentiles (75th and 90th). Conclusions This work provides the first evidence of the reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the PSC-17-Y administered over the internet to assess mental health problems among adolescents, maintaining the same domains as the long version.

BACKGROUND The Short Form of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist-Youth Self-Report (PSC-17-Y) is validate measure that assesses psychosocial problems overall and in three major psychopathological domains: internalizing, externalizing, and attention deficit hyperactivity, taking 5-10 minutes to complete. Prior research has established sound psychometric properties of the PSC-17-Y for English-speakers. OBJECTIVE To provide evidence of reliability and structure, convergent and discriminant validity, as well as longitudinal and gender invariance of the PSC-17-Y in a large sample of Spanish adolescents. METHODS Data were collected on 5430 pediatric community, ages 12 to 18 years, who filled out the PSC-17-Y twice during 2019 (7-months interval). We calculated Cronbach’s alpha and omega coefficients to test reliability, Pearson's correlations for convergent (distress) and criterion validity (well-being, quality of life and socioemotional skills), CFA analysis for structure validity, and a multigroup and longitudinal measurement invariance analysis for longitudinal and gender stability. RESULTS Within structural analysis for PSC-17-Y, the CFA analysis supported a correlated three-factor solution, which was also invariant longitudinally and across gender. All three sub-scales showed evidence of reliability with coefficients near or above .70. Moreover, scores of PSC-17-Y sub-scales were positively related with convergent measures and negatively with criterion measures. Normative data for PSC-17-Y are presented in the form of percentiles (75 and 90th). CONCLUSIONS The present work provides the first evidence of reliability and validity of the Spanish version of PSC-17-Y administered over the internet to assess mental health problems among adolescents, maintaining the same domains of the long version.