Intervention to Prevent Behavioral Health Symptoms Among Pandemic Affected Children

Changes in Responses to Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

Measures children's psychological symptoms and impairments used for children between the ages of 4 to 16. The questionnaire is both parent and youth report and is comprised of five subscales including emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity, peer relationship problems, and prosocial behavior. Total difficulty scores which include emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyper-activity and peer relationship problems subscales range from 0-40. The pro-social behavior subscale ranges from 0-10.

Changes in Responses to Pediatric Symptom Checklist-Externalizing Subscale

Parent report measure of emotional and behavioral problems in children. The questionnaire is comprised of three subscales: internalizing, attention, and externalizing. The externalizing subscale will be used for this study. This subscale includes 7-items and the subscale scores range from 0-14.

Changes in Responses to Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale-25 (and Subscales) (RCADS)

The Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale-25 (RCADS-25) includes 25-items and has both youth self-report and parent report questionnaires. The RCADS-25 is scored on a four point scale from 1-never to 4=Always. Subscales include depression and broad anxiety. The broad anxiety subscale includes 15 items and scores range from 15-60. The depression subscale includes 10-items and scores range from 10-40.

Changes in Responses to Family Functioning Systematic Clinical Outcome Routine Evaluation (SCORE-15)

The SCORE-15 has both youth self-report and parent report measures assessing family functioning.The measure is scored on a five-point scale from 1-describes us very well to 5-describes us not at all. Subscales include: Strength and Adaptability which includes 5-items with scores range from 5-25, Overwhelmed by Difficulties which includes 5-items with scores ranging from 5-25, and Disrupted Communication which includes 5-items with scores ranging from 5-25.

Changes in Responses to Healthy Pathways Academic Performance Report Academic Subscale

Assesses unidimensional aspects of illness, well-being, and health in youth in transition from childhood to adolescence. the parent-report academic subscale which includes 5-items will be used in this study. The first item inquires how the parent describes the child's grades in schools and ranges from 1=Below Average, D's or F's to 5=Excellent, A's. Items 2-5 ranges from 1=Poor to 5=Excellent. Scale scores on items 2-5 range from 4-20.

Changes in Responses to PROMIS Pediatric items (peer relationships)

Assesses the quality of peer relationships and is both parent and child report. The child report version 8-questions with each item ranging from 0=Never to 4=Almost Always. Raw scores range from 0-32. The parent report version consists of 7 questions with each item ranging from 1=Never to 5=Almost Always. Summed scores range from 8-40 with 8 indicating the lowest quality of peer relationships and 40 indicating the highest quality of peer relationships.

Changes in Responses to Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ) for Children

The SSQ is a child report measure children aged 8-18 years of age with five factors representing distinct sources of supports including: parents, relatives, non-relative adults, siblings and peers. This study will include two subscales measuring sources of support from parents and from peers. Each subscale consists of 12 questions and is measured on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1=Never to 6=Always. Scores for each subscale range from 12-72 with lower scores indicating less perceived support.

Changes in Responses to Children's Coping Strategies checklist

Assesses respondents use of a variety of strategies to cope with challenging live events. Subscales in this study include: problem focused coping, positive cognitive restructuring, avoidance, and support seeking

Changes in Responses to Child Self Efficacy Scale

A child-report measure for school-aged children measuring perceived self-efficacy. Subscales for this study will include self-efficacy in enlisting social resources (3-items) and social self-efficacy (3-items). Children are asked to rate their degree of confidence in each question ranging from 0=Cannot do at all to 100 Certainly can do. Scores on each subscale range from 0-300.

Changes in Responses to COVID 19 Exposure

Measures the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a family. The parent report measures consists of 25 items that assess exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic and related stressors. Each question is scores 0=No, 1=Yes. Scores range from 0-25, with higher scores representing greater COVID exposure.