AUTHOR=Nowinski Cindy J. , DeWalt Darren A. , Carter Alice S. , Chacko Anil , Gross Heather E. , Perrin Eliana M. , Krug Chelsea Weaver , Holl Jane L. , Gershon Richard C. TITLE=Recommendations for Assessment of Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health for the National Children's Study JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pediatrics VOLUME=9 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pediatrics/articles/10.3389/fped.2021.624524 DOI=10.3389/fped.2021.624524 ISSN=2296-2360 ABSTRACT=

The Social Emotional Behavioral (SEB) Team of the National Children's Study (NCS) was tasked with making recommendations for assessment of important aspects of social-emotional health and function in children. This paper describes the constructs recommended for assessment along with the rationale for their assessment. These constructs, representing aspects of Social Relationships, Social Capital, Temperament, Negative Affect, Externalizing Behavior, Social Competence, Self-efficacy, Self-image, Psychological well-being, Ethnic/racial Socialization, Perceived Discrimination, Sexual Orientation, Religiosity, and Perceived Stress and Resilience were identified as being critical to the understanding of children's health and development from birth to age 21.