Testing the Psychological Wellbeing and Distress Screener with Turkish Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Renshaw, Tyler L.; Arslan, Gökmen
Titel	Testing the Psychological Wellbeing and Distress Screener with Turkish Adolescents
Quelle	In: International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 7 (2019) 3, S.165-173 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Arslan, Gökmen)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2168-3603
DOI	10.1080/21683603.2017.1414007
Schlagwörter	Well Being; Psychological Patterns; Psychometrics; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Mental Health; Urban Schools; Middle School Students; High School Students; Screening Tests; Predictor Variables; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Grade 9; Grade 11; Grade 12; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Psychohygiene; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Screening-Verfahren; Prädiktor; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Türkei
Abstract	This report presents initial psychometrics from testing a cultural adaptation of the Psychological Wellbeing and Distress Screener (PWDS) with a sample of urban adolescents in Turkey (N = 399). Results from confirmatory factor analyses indicated that responses to the Turkish version of the measure (PWDS-T) were characterized by a two-factor measurement model, and findings from latent variable path analyses indicated this same measurement model was predictive of youths' responses to measures of domain-specific social support (i.e., peer, family, and school) and domain-general emotional functioning (i.e., positive and negative affect). Taken together, findings provide preliminary evidence suggesting the PWDS-T is a technically adequate measure of Turkish adolescents' psychological wellbeing and distress, and therefore may be useful for school mental health screening purposes. Further research is needed to replicate and generalize these findings as well as to establish the classification utility of PWDS scores in school mental health practice. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01