A national school-based screening program for mental health problems among children aged 6 to 12 years in Iran: scale development and psychometric evaluation.

Schools are an ideal setting in which to measure and promote mental health difficulties. The aim of present study was to develop the Nemad Electronic Mental-Health Assessment Devices for Children (NEMAD-C) aged 6 to 12 years in Iran. A sample of parents and teachers (N = 10,163) were recruited to co...

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Publicado en:Mental Health, Religion & Culture Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 523 - 539
Autores principales: Akbari Zardkhaneh, Saeed, Rajabi, Mohsen, Zanganeh, Ali Mohammad, Namaki, Saeed, Mansourkiaee, Nader, Jallalat Danesh, Mohsen, Tahmasebi Garmatani, Siyamak
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2023
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          Akbari Zardkhaneh, Saeed
          Rajabi, Mohsen
          Zanganeh, Ali Mohammad
          Namaki, Saeed
          Mansourkiaee, Nader
          Jallalat Danesh, Mohsen
          Tahmasebi Garmatani, Siyamak
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          Department of Applied Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
          Department of Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
          Institute for Connected Communities, University of East London, London, UK
          Preventive Department of Judicial System, Tehran, Iran
          Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
          Social Communications Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
          Department of Preschool Education, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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        Parent attitudes
        School health services
        Child abuse
        Self-control
        Medical screening
        College teacher attitudes
        Psychometrics
        Behavior disorders
        Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
        Academic achievement
        Mental depression
        Anxiety
        Mental illness
        Health promotion
        Self-mutilation
        Experimental design
        Research evaluation
        Research methodology
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          Descriptive statistics
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        Iranian students mental health
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      ab: Schools are an ideal setting in which to measure and promote mental health difficulties. The aim of present study was to develop the Nemad Electronic Mental-Health Assessment Devices for Children (NEMAD-C) aged 6 to 12 years in Iran. A sample of parents and teachers (N = 10,163) were recruited to complete the parent and teacher reports. Totally, explorative and confirmatory factor analyses showed that the eight-factor model provides a better fit for both parental report and teacher report versions. Results revealed a screening tool consisting of eight dimensions: child abuse risk, self-harm, anxiety, depression, disruptive behavior disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders, academic achievement deficit, and self-regulation. Findings showed that the internal consistency coefficients of the subscales were high, and convergent validity was evidenced by significant correlations with theoretically related constructs. Therefore, the NEMAD-C has adequate reliability and validity and could be used for multi-dimensional assessment of mental health problems in Iran.
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