About the Measure
| Domains | Mental health and wellbeing |
| Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | Physical well-being; Psychological well-being; Autonomy and parents; Peers and social support; School environment |
| Description | A shorter multidimensional measure of subjective health and wellbeing derived from KIDSCREEN 52. |
| Example | Thinking about the last week… have you felt fit and well? |
| Link | http://www.kidscreen.org/english/questionnaires/kidscreen-27-short-version/ |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 27 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 8-18 |
| Cost single purchase | 50 euros |
| Cost per child | - |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | Yes |
| Cronbach's α | .78-.84 |
| Test retest | 2 weeks, ICC= [.61,.74] |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | 5-factor solutio |
| CFA | 5-factor model Chi-square(314)= 3017.1 NFI=.95 CFI=.95 RMSEA=.07 |
| Criterion validity | KIDSCREEN-52, r= [.63,.96] |
| Construct validity | Somatic complaints, r= [-.52,-38] |
| Concurrent validity | KIDSCREEN-27 physical wellbeing subscale correlated with Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) physical functioning subscale, r= .44; KIDSCREEN-27 psychological wellbeing subscale correlated with PedsQL emotional functioning subscale, r= .54, social functioning subscale, r= .44 and Child Health and Illness Profile satisfaction subscale, r= .62 and Youth Quality of Life Instrument perceptual subscale, r= .62; KIDSCREEN-27 Peers and social support subscale correlated with PedsQL social functioning subscale, r= .36 |
| Predictive validity | Significant group differences: Healthy/ill KIDSCREEN-27 physical wellbeing subscale and Children with Special Health Care Needs Screeners , d= .44; Healthy/mental health problems on Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, d= [.42,.68] |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Ravens-Sieberer, U., Auquier, P., Erhart, M., Gosch, A., Rajmil, L., … Bruil, J. (2007). The KIDSCREEN-27 quality of life measure for children and adolescents: psychometric results from a cross-cultural survey in 13 European countries. Quality of Life Research, 16(8), 1347-1356. doi:10.1007/s11136-007-9240-2 Robitail, S., Ravens-Sieberer, U., Simeoni, M.-C., Rajmil, L., Bruil, J., … Power, M. (2007). Testing the structural and cross-cultural validity of the KIDSCREEN-27 quality of life questionnaire. Quality of Life Research, 16(8), 1335-1345. doi:10.1007/s11136-007-9241-1 |