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Table 2 Study constructs, measures, and questionnaires of students, parents, and teachers

From: Effectiveness of psychosocial school interventions in Finnish schools for refugee and immigrant children, “Refugees Well School” in Finland (RWS-FI): a protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

 

Construct

Measure

Assessment tool

Students

Youth mental health

PTSD symptoms

Children’s Revised Impact of Events Scale (CRIES-8)

Internalizing and externalizing problems and prosocial behavior

Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)

Positive development and resilience

Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-12)

Associated factors of youth mental well-being

Experience of the number of stressors in daily life

Daily Stressors Questionnaire (DSSYR; Vervliet, Derluyn, and Broekaert, unpublished)

Social support

Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS)

Existence of interethnic friendships and satisfaction with friendships

Items developed for this study

Discrimination

The Perceived Ethnic Discrimination Questionnaire Community Version (PEDQ-CV)

School belonging

The psychological sense of school membership among adolescents (PSSM)

Sociodemographic factors

Gender, age, country of birth, migration status, time in the host country, and family composition

Parents

Parental health

Self-reported health

One item of the SF-36

Mental health

General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12)

PTSD symptoms

PTSD-8 Questionnaire

Parent experiences of inclusion

Experience of discrimination

Brief Perceived Ethnic Discrimination Questionnaire – Community version (PEDQ-CV)

Social support

Enriched Social Support Instrument (ESSI)

Family relations

Parenting

Me as a Parent (MaaP)

Sociodemographic factors

Sex, age, marital status, number of children in a household, employment situation, education, income, time in the host country, migration status, the reason for migration, and separation of family members during migration

Teachers

Cultural competence

Multi-cultural awareness and understanding

Teacher Multicultural Attitude Scale (TMAS)

Self-efficacy

Teachers’ self-efficacy

Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES)

Stress and work engagement

Stress symptoms

Single Item Stress Index (SISI)

Work exhaustion/burnout

Bergen Burnout Inventory (BBI)

Work engagement (vigor, dedication, absorption)

Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES)

Sociodemographic factors

Sex, age, teaching background, and number of students