Carmen H. Paalman|Caroline B. Terwee|Elise P. Jansma|Lucres M. C. Jansen
Instruments Measuring Externalizing Mental Health Problems in Immigrant Ethnic Minority Youths: A Systematic Review of Measurement Properties
Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc|EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research|Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc|Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc
little known reliability validity instruments measuring externalizing mental health problems immigrant ethnic minority youthsto provide overview studies measurement properties instruments measuring problems immigrant ethnic minority youths methodological quality resultsa systematic review literature medline embase psycinfo cochrane library performed evaluation methodological quality studies found done using cosminchecklist full text original articles published english 1990 included articles concern development evaluation measurement properties selfreported parentreported andor teacher clinicianreported questionnaires assessing screening externalizing mental health problems immigrant ethnic minority youths specific results analyses immigrant ethnic minority group giventwentynine studies evaluating 18 instruments met criteria studies concerned instruments known validity western populations tested mainly african americans considering methodological quality inequivalences ethnicities found selfreports seemed perform better administration instrument influenced reliability validityit seems majority instruments assessing externalizing problems immigrant ethnic minority youths currently sufficiently validated evaluating existing instruments crucial accurately assess interpreted externalizing problems immigrant ethnic minority youths