Development and validation of a new measure of everyday adolescent functioning: The multidimensional adolescent functioning scale

KJ Wardenaar; JTW Wigman; A Lin; E Killackey; D Collip; SJ Wood; J Ryan; G Baksheev; E Cosgrave; B Nelson; AR Yung

Journal article

Development and validation of a new measure of everyday adolescent functioning: The multidimensional adolescent functioning scale

KJ Wardenaar, JTW Wigman, A Lin, E Killackey, D Collip, SJ Wood, J Ryan, G Baksheev, E Cosgrave, B Nelson, AR Yung

Journal of Adolescent Health | Published : 2013

DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.06.021

Abstract

Purpose: Everyday functioning is an important outcome for studies of the developmental psychopathology of adolescence. An unbiased, well-validated, and easy-to-use instrument to specifically assess normal adolescent functioning is not yet available. The current study aimed to introduce and validate the Multidimensional Adolescent Functioning Scale (MAFS). Methods: The MAFS was developed by clinical consensus, resulting in a 23-item self-report questionnaire with three distinct subscales: general functioning, family-related functioning, and peer-related functioning. MAFS data were collected in a general population sample (N = 842; mean age = 15.0 years [standard deviation =.4]) at baseline an..

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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

This research was funded by the Colonial Foundation and an NHMRC Program grant (350241). The authors gratefully acknowledge the participation of the students and the schools in this research project.