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We also find that the vast majority of SES measures used to study child and adolescent mental health are caregiver-reported. One of our main recommendations is to survey adolescents (for whom it is already established they can reliably report their own experiences) more directly.

We recommend requiring a higher standard for justifying measurement choice. Some of the measures we saw - relating to language, ethnicity, married / single status, as well as macro-level measures (like province or region deprivation measures) - do not clearly relate to SES.

We find huge variability in SES measures -- from income, education, occupation, material assets, household and family characteristics among many others. Often there is no clear definition of the construct / variables used or even theoretical rationale.

What do we mean when we talk about socioeconomic status (SES)? We (@tsvetomira.bsky.social, @aaronreeves.bsky.social, Lucy Bowes) offer a critical review of the concept of SES + measurement recommendations in our new paper: gpsych.bmj.com/content/37/6... A 🧵 with some highlights...

do you find moral philosophy dry? do you just hate reading about statistical theory? if that’s the case, do I have a paper for you…
🌞 New work out! "Analytical Decisions Pose Moral Questions" 🌞 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....