Study of Mental Health and Relationships

Average of standardized (z-scored) scores on following study outcome measures:

Depressive Symptoms (inverted), Anxiety Symptoms (inverted), Loneliness (inverted), Internalizing Symptoms (inverted), Externalizing Symptoms (inverted), Suicidal Ideation, Happiness, Life Satisfaction, Self-Esteem, and Hope

Total raw score on the PROMIS (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System) Pediatric Short-Form v2.0 Depressive Symptoms (8 items; youth self-report)

Total raw score on the PROMIS Pediatric Short-Form v2.0 Anxiety (8 items; youth self-report)

Total raw score on NIH (National Institutes of Health) Toolbox Loneliness Fixed Form Ages 8-17 v2.0 (7 items; youth self-report)

Average of standardized (z-scored) Total scores on the Internalizing scale of the youth self-report and parent-report versions of the Symptoms and Functioning Severity Scale (SFSS) - Peabody Treatment Progress Inventory

Average of standardized (z-scored) Total scores on the Externalizing scale of the youth self-report and parent report versions of the Symptoms and Functioning Severity Scale (SFSS) - Peabody Treatment Progress Inventory

Total score on Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (6 items; youth self-report)

Total raw score on PROMIS Pediatric Short Form v1.0 - Positive Affect 4a (4 items; youth self-report)

Affirmative response on Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance item asking about suicidal ideation, tailored to refer to the past year (youth self-report)

Total score on Global Self-Esteem scale of the short-form of the Self-Esteem Questionnaire (4 items; youth self-report)

Total score on abbreviated "Toolbox" version of the Hopeful Future Expectations Scale (7 items; youth self-report)

Percentage of scheduled mental health services sessions attended as indicated by mental health service records

Average of standardized (z-scored) scores on therapist and youth report versions of the Therapist Alliance Scale for Children-Revised

Total score on The Resilience Scale (RS-14) (14 items; youth self-report)

Rating on single-item youth-report measure adapted from Coping Efficacy Scale (Sandler et al., 2000)

Total score on measure adapted from Prior et al. (2000) (4 items; youth self-report)

Total score on measure used in evaluation by Boys and Girls Clubs of America (4 items; youth self-report)

Response on single item youth-report measure adapted from Search Institute Thriving Orientation Survey

Total score on Self-advocacy Scale from Mentoring Enhancement Demonstration Project (4 items; youth self-report)

Average of standardized (z-scored) Total scores on Goal-setting scale from Kuperminc et al. (2011) (4 items; youth self-report) and the Goal Orientation Scale (Child Trends, 2022) (7 items, parent report)

Total score on Scale from Raising Healthy Children Survey (4 items; youth self-report)

Total score on measure used in evaluation by Boys and Girls Clubs of America (4 items; youth self-report)

Total score on Perseverance subscale of the Short Grit Scale for Children (4 items, youth self-report0

Total score on Social Competence Sale of the Youth Outcome Measures Toolbox (7 items, youth self-report)

Total score on Family subscale of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (4 items, youth self-report)

Total score on Special Persons subscale of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support with items modified to refer to "special adult outside of my family" rather than "special person" (4 items, youth self-report)

Response on a single item developed for this study asking about whether the youth has a good friend around the same age (youth self-report)

Response on single item from DuBois et al. (2022) asking whether the youth has a very important adult in their life and, if so, in what category(ies), with endorsement of a category other than parent/primary caregiver or relative scored as 1 and other responses scored as 0. Other responses will be coded for applicability to the predetermined categories by persons blind to study arm.

Response on single item from DuBois et al. (2022) asking about grades in school (youth self-report)

Total score on School subscale of Hemingway Measure of Adolescent Connectedness (6 items, youth self-report)

Total score on Future Planning: Talk to an Adult scale from the SAYO (Survey of Academic and Youth Outcomes)-Y (4 items, youth self-report)

Average of standardized (z-scores) Total scores on youth- and parent-report versions Treatment Outcome Expectations Scale from the Peabody Treatment Progress Battery, with items modified to also refer to progress currently observed, not only expected (8 items)

Total score on adapted version of the Youth Counseling Impact Scale from the Peabody Treatment Progress Battery, with items modified to refer to last 2 weeks rather than a single session, 2 items added, and 3 items dropped (5 items)

Total score on measure from Pearlin & Schooler (1978) (11 items, parent-report)

Total score on General Functioning subscale of the Family Assessment Device (Epstein et al., 1983) (12 items, parent-report)

Total score on Positive Parenting subscale of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (6 items, parent-report)

Total score on Involvement subscale of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (10 items, parent-report)

Total score on Poor Monitoring/Supervision subscale of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (10 items, parent-report)

Total score on Child Self-Control scale (Grasmick et al., 1993) (8 items, parent-report)

Total score on measure of student social and emotional competencies (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning & the American Institutes for Research, 2013) (20 items, parent report)

Total raw score on PROMIS Short Form v1.0 - Depression 4a (4 items, parent self-report)

Total raw score on PROMIS Pediatric Short Form v1.0 - Positive Affect 4a (4 items; parent self-report)

Total score on measure from the National Survey of Children's Health (5 items; parent report)

Planned ending of treatment as determined by mental health records coded as 1 and unplanned, client-initiated ending, and endings for other reasons coded as 0.