Community Warriors: Development and Validation of a Social and Emotional Well-Being Tool for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Youth.
Gustavo Hermes Soares, Pedro Henrique Ribeiro Santiago, Brianna Poirier and 7 others
PMID 40145622WHAT IT FOUND
New short self-report and carer-report versions of a strength-based well-being tool for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and youth captured most information from longer versions.
Key findings
01The short self-report scale had 10 items and explained 91.4% of the variance in the full scale.
02The short carer-report scale had 12 items and explained 95.4% of the variance in the full scale.
03Reliability was adequate for the self-report scale (0.75) and excellent for the carer-report scale (0.91).
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What it does not show
The sample is not representative of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young population. Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and metropolitan areas were not included. Model fit was assessed in the same sample used to develop the short scales, so the fit indices may be inflated. The tool focuses on strengths and does not directly measure trauma, racism or psychopathology symptoms. The paper reports response samples of 261 participants aged 7-18 years and 187 participants aged 2-6 years, but validation results report 235 and 162. The study evaluated measurement properties, not patient outcomes.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat the short scales as proof that this tool improves care or predicts outcomes. The study validates measurement, not treatment effects.