On personality measures and their data: A classification of measurement approaches and their recommended uses

JD Mayer, VM Bryan - Personality and Social Psychology …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
We employ a new approach for classifying methods of personality measurement such as self-
judgment, mental ability, and lifespace measures and the data they produce. We divide …

The prevalence of mental health problems in sub-Saharan adolescents living with HIV: a systematic review

AS Dessauvagie, A Jörns-Presentati, AK Napp… - Global Mental …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Despite the progress made in HIV treatment and prevention, HIV remains a major cause of
adolescent morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. As perinatally infected children …

The strengths and difficulties questionnaire predicts concurrent mental health difficulties in a transdiagnostic sample of struggling learners

A Bryant, J Guy, CALM Team, J Holmes - Frontiers in psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Children and adolescents with developmental problems are at increased risk of
experiencing mental health problems. The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is …

Adolescent leisure reading and its longitudinal association with prosocial behavior and social adjustment

J Lenhart, T Richter, M Appel, RA Mar - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Reading is a popular leisure activity for children, teenagers, and adults. Several theories
agree that reading might improve social cognition, but the empirical evidence remains …

Carbon use efficiency and its temperature sensitivity covary in soil bacteria

G Pold, LA Domeignoz-Horta, EW Morrison, SD Frey… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The strategy that microbial decomposers take with respect to using substrate for growth
versus maintenance is one essential biological determinant of the propensity of carbon to …

Menstrual health intervention and school attendance in Uganda (MENISCUS-2): a pilot intervention study

C Kansiime, L Hytti, R Nalugya, K Nakuya… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Achieving good menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) is a public health
challenge and there is little evidence to inform interventions. The aim of this study was to …

Adolescent Health Series: The status of adolescent mental health research, practice and policy in sub‐Saharan Africa: A narrative review

M Sequeira, S Singh, L Fernandes… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) has the fastest growing adolescent population in the
world. In addition to developmental changes, adolescents in SSA face health and …

Internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and prosocial behavior‐three dimensions of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ): A study among South …

LE Aarø, EL Davids, C Mathews… - Scandinavian …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study aimed to examine the factor structure of the Strengths and Difficulties
Questionnaire Self‐Report version (SDQ‐S), its psychometric properties and measurement …

Externalizing problems mediate the relation between teacher and peer violence and lower school performance

FB Masath, F Scharpf, L Dumke, T Hecker - Child Abuse & Neglect, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The association between children's exposure to family violence and poor
academic outcomes is well-established. Less is known about how exposure to violence in …

Validation of brief screening instruments for internalizing and externalizing disorders in Mozambican adolescents

KL Lovero, SE Adam, CE Bila, ED Canda… - BMC psychiatry, 2022 - Springer
Background Mental disorders are the leading cause of disability for youth worldwide.
However, there is a dearth of validated, brief instruments to assess mental health in low-and …