Klaufus, Leonie http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9878-3530
Verlinden, Eva
van der Wal, Marcel
Kösters, Mia
Cuijpers, Pim
Chinapaw, Mai
Funding for this research was provided by:
ZonMw (729300104)
Article History
Received: 17 July 2019
Accepted: 13 January 2020
First Online: 5 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The present study meets the Dutch national ethics and privacy requirements. Prior to the data collection, information letters about this study were sent to the parents of the children and adolescents, and to the children and adolescents themselves. A passive informed consent procedure was used for the screening program for health and socio-emotional problems and for the additional data collection procedures to examine the test-retest reliability and hypotheses for construct validity. An active informed consent procedure was used for conducting the interviews to examine criterion validity. An informed consent was sent to the parents of children and adolescents aged 8 to 16. In addition, an informed assent was sent to children aged 8 to 12, and an informed consent was send to adolescents aged 12 to 18. Cancellations and consents were obtained in writing. Medical ethical approval was sought from the Medical Ethical Committee of the Vrije Universiteit Medical Center prior to the data collection; however, official approval was not required, since the Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act does not apply to the present study. Nevertheless, the Medical Ethical Committee approved the present study’s methods of data collection and of obtaining consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.