Youth Outcome Questionnaire
The Youth Outcome Questionnaire is a collection of questions designed to collect data regarding the effectiveness of Troubled Teen Programs.[1] The Y-OQ is a parent report measure of treatment progress for children and adolescents (ages 4 – 17) receiving mental health interventions. The Y-OQ–SR is an adolescent self report measure appropriate for ages 12 – 18.[2]
The psychometric properties of the Youth Outcome Questionnaire Self-Report version [Y-OQ-SR]) were examined by Brigham Young University. BYU reported a favorable analysis in terms of internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and concurrent validity. They report it to be a valid and reliable self-report measure of psychosocial distress in youth psychotherapy research.[3] Organizations such as Alliance for the Safe, Therapeutic and Appropriate use of Residential Treatment (ASTART) and the Community Alliance for the Ethical Treatment of Youth (CAFETY) which are critical of these types of Troubled Teen Programs claim these studies are biased and unreliable.
These questionnaires have been used in outcome studies for individual teen programs such as Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy Programs as well as studies conducted on groups of therapeutic boarding schools and Adventure therapy or Wilderness therapy programs. One such study involving 993 students from 9 schools was presented at the 114th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association.[4] Another study from 2001 involving students enrolled in a group of wilderness therapy programs has been published by the University of Idaho.[5]
References
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<references />, or <references group="..." />- ↑ OBHIC Research: "The Youth Outcome Questionnaire," http://www.obhic.com/research/. Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Research Cooperative (OBHRC) at the University of Idaho
- ↑ http://www.masspartnership.com/provider/outcomesmanagement/Outcomesfiles/Tools/YOQ.pdf
- ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19693961 Ridge NW, Warren JS, Burlingame GM, Wells MG, Tumblin KM, Reliability and validity of the youth outcome questionnaire self-report, Brigham Young University
- ↑ Ellen Behrens and Kristin Satterfield,Report of Findings from a Multi-Center Study of Youth Outcomes in Private Residential Treatment, Presented at the 114th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 2006
- ↑ Keith C. Russell, Ph.D., Assessment of Treatment Outcomes in Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare, University of Idaho-Wilderness Research Center
