%0 Journal Article
%T Initial Validation of the Social Emotional Distress Survey¨CSecondary to Support Complete Mental Health Screening
%A Erin Dowdy
%A Karen Nylund-Gibson
%A Kathryn Moffa
%A Michael J. Furlong
%A Stephanie Moore
%J Assessment for Effective Intervention
%@ 1938-7458
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1534508417749871
%X Contemporary mental health assessment conceptualizations focus on both well-being and distress. This study presents initial validation information for the Social Emotional Distress Survey¨CSecondary (SEDS-S), which was designed for school-based complete mental health screening that employs brief self-report measures of well-being and distress. The SEDS-S structure was investigated using two independent samples of U.S. high school students (N = 3,780). Findings from exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses suggested a one-factor model of distress with good model fit. Path analyses revealed significant positive relations of the SEDS-S distress factor with symptoms of anxiety and depression, and a significant negative relation with life satisfaction and strengths scores. Future research directions and use in school-based screening applications are discussed
%K Social Emotional Distress Survey
%K covitality
%K complete mental health
%K school
%K screening
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1534508417749871