PO035: Comparing Approaches for Dual-Factor Mental Health Grouping

  • PMD: 1,6
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Intermediate
  • Poster Session 6: Promoting Social and Emotional Development

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. compare and select grouping approaches when categorizing student mental health;
  2. learn about latent profile analysis and local norming to be used in universal screenings; and
  3. more comprehensively screen for student mental health risk.

Description

The current presentation will summarize the cut-score and LPA mental health grouping methods in an adolescent sample. Additionally, they will be compared to evaluate if group membership changes across approaches.

Presenter(s)

Grace A. Blyth, Louisiana State University
Kelly N. Clark, PhD, Louisiana State University
Meagan Z. Plant, Louisiana State University
Kyle P. Wilson, Louisiana State University

Contributor(s)

Christine K. Malecki

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