Table 1.
Pre-pandemic In-Laboratory Mental Health Measures Used to Derive Youth Composite Scores: Mental Health Burden and ADHD Symptom Burden
Measure Name | Report Type | What It Measures | Sample Mean Most Recent POMS Score (n = 135) | Sample Range of Most Recent POMS Score (n = 135) |
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CBCL | Parent report on youth <18 years | Behavioral and emotional problems (internalizing and externalizing difficulties) | 0.13 (n = 124) | Min = 0 Max = 0.48 |
ASR | Youth self-report >18 years | Internalizing/externalizing problems | 0.27 (n = 11) | Min = 0.15 Max = 0.43 |
Conners-3 Self-Report Short Version | Youth self-report <18 years | ADHD symptomatology and common comorbid problems | 0.28 (n = 120) | Min = 0 Max = 0.72 |
CAARS Short Version | Youth self-report >18 years | Adult ADHD symptomatology or related problems | 0.35 (n = 15) | Min = 0.18 Max = 0.58 |
Conners-3 Parent Short Version | Parent report on youth <18 years | ADHD symptomatology and common comorbid problems | 0.27 (n = 124) | Min = 0 Max = 0.84 |
ADHD, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; ASR, Adult Self-Report; CAARS, Conners’ Adult ADHD Rating Scale; CBCL, Child Behavior Checklist; Max, maximum; Min, minimum; POMS, percent of maximum scaling.