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Subjective well-being measures for children were developed within the PROMIS project: presentation of first results

Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer1, Janine Devine1, Katherine Bevans2

  • 1Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
|December 4, 2013
PubMed

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This study developed new measures for children's subjective well-being (SWB), assessing both happiness and a sense of purpose. These tools are designed for computerized adaptive testing to better understand youth well-being.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Child Development
  • Measurement Science

Background:

  • Subjective well-being (SWB) is crucial for child development.
  • Existing measures may not fully capture the multifaceted nature of SWB in children.
  • The Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) aims to create robust health outcome measures.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To conceptualize children's subjective well-being (SWB).
  • To develop item pools for SWB measures with high content validity for computerized adaptive testing (CATs).
  • To assess both hedonic and eudaimonic aspects of SWB in children.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted semistructured interviews with experts, children (8-17 years), and parents.
  • Performed a systematic literature review to identify comprehensive SWB concepts.
  • Evaluated item comprehensibility through cognitive interviews, reading level analysis, and translatability reviews.

Main Results:

  • Defined children's SWB as comprising affective (positive affect) and global evaluation (life satisfaction) components.
  • Confirmed the evaluability of the eudaimonic dimension (meaning and purpose) of SWB.
  • Produced item pools for life satisfaction (56 items), positive affect (53 items), and meaning and purpose (55 items).

Conclusions:

  • Developed the first SWB measures for children assessing both hedonic and eudaimonic aspects.
  • Children and adolescents demonstrated understanding of concepts like meaningful life, optimism, and goal orientation.
  • The developed item pools are suitable for calibration and use in CATs for children's SWB.
Abstract

Keywords:
ChildItem bankMeasurementPediatric healthSubjective well-beingValidity

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