Measuring Mental Wellbeing Among Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Instruments

Rose, Theda; Joe, Sean; Williams, Ashlie; Harris, Ryan; Betz, Gail; Stewart‐Brown, Sarah

doi:10.1007/s10826-017-0754-0

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“…The scales that have been designed to measure positive mental health and used in previous studies have often based their indicators on concepts such as resilience, self-esteem, selfefficacy, optimism, life satisfaction, hopefulness, perceptions and judgement about sense of coherence, meaning in life, and social integration (Barry, 2009). A recent systematic review of instruments measuring mental well-being among adolescents found 11 instruments in studies published 1998-2016 that fitted their inclusion criteria, which included at least one item assessing feeling and one item assessing functioning (Rose et al, 2017). WEMWBS was one of the scales that was found to be acceptable for use among adolescents.…”

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“…A database on 464 positive health indicators has been developed by the Department of Health Promotion at Bergen University (Rullesta, Kvissellien & Servan, 2017). In our selection of high-quality indicators, it is important to consider the content, carefully including positively worded items and ensuring alignment with the mental health framework (Rose et al, 2017). Moreover, the conceptual relevance for youth is essential, including psychometric properties (particularly valid for youth).…”

Section: Development Of Adolescent Mental Healthmentioning

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Towards enhancing research on adolescent positivemental health

Eriksson

Arnarsson

Damsgaard

et al. 2019

Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research

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The positive mental health and well-being perspective represents innovative public health research of first-rank priority in Europe. Good mental health is both a state and a resource for everyday life. Hence, the concept often refers to a subjective feeling (hedonic component) as well as positive functioning (eudaimonic component). Different conceptualisations of mental health-related issues are a background to this paper, which gives a brief overview of three research issues in the Nordic countries. First, the development in the occurrences of adolescent mental health-related indicators such as life satisfaction, health, sleep, and school pressure. Second, review of Nordic methodological studies reporting on different mental health-related measures. Third, the selection of measures of positive mental health employed in the 2017-2018 Health Behaviour among School-aged Children (HBSC) data collection in the Nordic countries. Using the Nordic HBSC data for 2002-2014, it was found that symptom and problem-oriented analyses of mental health can improve our understanding of the challenges adolescents face. However, there is also a need to examine positive aspects of mental health in order to enhance our understanding of different mental health-related dimensions. New measures were included in the 2017-18 HBSC data collection in the Nordic countries, enabling researchers to answer different research questions including analysing factors mediating and moderating positive mental health among school-aged children. Extending the perspective from a symptom-and problem-oriented view to a more positive and asset-based perspective adds additional value to studies of mental health.

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Section: Development Of Adolescent Mental Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards enhancing research on adolescent positivemental health

Eriksson

Arnarsson

Damsgaard

et al. 2019

Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research

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“…Here, mental wellbeing is defined as a positive mental state where individuals can thrive and flourish (Clarke et al, 2011;WHO, 2004). Currently, both positive and negative aspects are often integrated in the definition of mental health, either with mental health problems at one end of a continuum and wellbeing at the other end (Greenspoon & Saklofske, 2001;Rose et al, 2017), or they can be seen as different dimensions. In the current study we rely on the latter conceptualization.…”

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“…Many studies have examined mental health problems in adolescence and the risk factors for developing such problems (Suldo & Shaffer-Hudkins, 2008). However, fewer studies have examined mental wellbeing in this population (Clarke et al, 2011;Patalay & Fitzsimons, 2016;Rose et al, 2017), and there is still a lack of evidence concerning the predictors of mental wellbeing.…”

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Social support, bullying, school-related stress and mental health in adolescence

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The current study aimed to examine the impact of social support, bullying and schoolrelated stress on both positive and negative aspects of mental health in adolescence. In addition, the possible buffering effects of social support related to school performance was investigated. The analyses were based on a cross-sectional survey of 1814 students between 15 and 21 years old from five upper secondary schools in Norway. Multiple hierarchical linear regression models with robust standard errors were estimated, and potential confounders were controlled for. Social support from friends and family, bullying and school-related stress were significantly associated with both wellbeing and anxiety and depression symptoms, with small to moderate effect sizes. However, the associations with the two aspects of mental health varied. Being bullied was strongest associated with anxiety and depression symptoms. Stress of interaction with teachers was weakly associated with anxiety and depression symptoms and unrelated to wellbeing. The findings provide no solid support for the buffering effects of social support related to stress of school performance on wellbeing, nor anxiety and depression symptoms.

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“…social support, belonging, purpose in life, self-acceptance). These PWB scales have shown good validity among adolescent populations in the North [146]. In addition, the Mental Health Continuum Short-Form has shown strong alignment with conceptualisation of a good life among adolescents in South Africa [65].…”

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Informing the measurement of wellbeing among young people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa for policy evaluations: a mixed-methods systematic review

Govindasamy

Seeley

Olaru

et al. 2020

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Young people living with HIV (YPLHIV) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are at high risk of having a poor quality of life. Addressing wellbeing explicitly within HIV/AIDS policies could assist mitigation efforts. However, guidance on wellbeing measures to evaluate policies for YPLHIV is scarce. The aims of this mixed-methods review were to identify: i) key dimensions of wellbeing and ii) wellbeing measures that align to these dimensions among YPLHIV (15-24 years) in SSA. We searched six social science and medical databases, including grey literature. We included studies that examined correlates and lived experiences of wellbeing, among YPLHIV in SSA, from January 2000 to May 2019. Two reviewers independently screened abstracts and full texts and assessed methodological quality of included articles. We analysed quantitative and qualitative data using descriptive and meta-ethnographic approaches, respectively. Thereafter, we integrated findings using a framework approach. We identified 6527 citations. Of these, 10 quantitative and 30 qualitative studies were included. Being male, higher educational status, less stigma and more social support were likely correlates of wellbeing. Themes that shaped experiences suggestive of wellbeing were: 1) acceptance and belonging-stigma, social support; 2) coping; 3) standard of living. Our final synthesis found that the following dimensions potentially characterise wellbeing: self-acceptance, belonging, autonomy; positive relations, environmental mastery, purpose in life. Wellbeing for YPLHIV is multi-dimensional and relational. Relevant measures include the Personal Wellbeing Index, Ryff's Psychological Wellbeing Scale and Mental Health Continuum Short Form. However, psychometric evaluations of these scales among YPLHIV in SSA are needed.

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Measuring Mental Wellbeing Among Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Instruments

Cited by 73 publications

References 46 publications

Towards enhancing research on adolescent positivemental health

Towards enhancing research on adolescent positivemental health

Social support, bullying, school-related stress and mental health in adolescence

Informing the measurement of wellbeing among young people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa for policy evaluations: a mixed-methods systematic review

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