Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS): mental wellbeing report 2018

Footnotes

1. The overall response rate excludes schools who took part in the Realigning Children's Services Survey Survey and Glasgow state schools. For more details please see the SALSUS 2018 Technical Report.

2. Scottish Government and COSLA (2018) Public Health Priorities for Scotland https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-public-health-priorities/

3. Scottish Government (2017) Mental Health Strategy 2017-2027 https://www.gov.scot/publications/mental-health-strategy-2017-2027/

4. Scottish Government (2018) Exploring the reported worsening of mental wellbeing among adolescent girls in Scotland https://www.gov.scot/publications/exploring-reported-worsening-mental-wellbeing-adolescent-girls-scotland/

5. MartinA, Pugmire J, et al(2020) Adolescents' screen time, sleep and mental health: literature review https://www.gov.scot/publications/systematic-literature-review-relationship-between-adolescents-screen-time-sleep-mental-health/

6. The Realigning Children's Services (RCS) wellbeing survey is an online survey of P5-P7 students and S1-S4 students commissioned by the Scottish Government which asks about aspects of emotional and physical wellbeing such as family life, friendships, school, play and health. More information can be found at: http://transformingchildrensfutures.scot/wellbeing-surveys/

7. The SALSUS 2018 Technical Report can be found at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-schools-adolescent-lifestyle-substance-use-survey-salsus-technical-report-2018/

8. The SALSUS 2018 Technical Report can be found at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-schools-adolescent-lifestyle-substance-use-survey-salsus-technical-report-2018/

9. Goodman R, Meltzer H, Bailey V (1998) The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: A pilot study on the validity of the self-report version. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 7, 125-130.

10. Tennant, R., Hiller, L., Fishwick, R., Platt, S., Joseph, S., Weich, S., & Stewart-Brown, S. (2007a). The Warwick-Edinburgh mental well-being scale (WEMWBS): development and UK validation. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 5(1), 63.

11. Mean score (as opposed to the median score).

12. The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) is a relative measure of deprivation across 6,976 small areas. If an area is identified as 'deprived', this can relate to people having a low income, but it can also mean fewer resources or opportunities. For more information visit: https://www.gov.scot/collections/scottish-index-of-multiple-deprivation-2020/

13. When SIMD scores are arranged in order, they can be split into 5 groups (quintiles) ranging from most to least deprived. SIMD 1 is a category that represents the 20% most deprived areas, SIMD 2 represents those who fall into the range of 20%-40%, and so on, up to SIMD 5 which represents the 20% least deprived areas.

14. Pupils who responded 'don't know' or who do not have or see their father have not been shown here.

15. Pupils who responded 'don't know' or who do not have or see their mother have not been shown here.

16. A median score is an alternative to the mean score when measuring the average score. It means the middle score in a range of answers. In this case the median was calculated separately for 13 and 15 year olds, but not for genders. The median is most appropriate as a measure of average score here as it is less affected by outliers and skewed data than the mean.