What did you contribute to the study?

You took part in our study and helped us to find out more about anxiety and depression in children and young people. Thank you for that!

You completed three different 'research tasks'. First, you answered questions on a tablet about your feelings, thoughts and behavior. Your parents and teacher also filled in questions about your behavior. Then you did reading, writing and mathematics tasks to find out what you can already do. These tasks were not marked and, if you wanted, we could send you and your parents the results later by e-mail. Finally, you took part in an interview where we asked you about your feelings and thoughts. We wanted to better understand what might be difficult or stressful for you. Your answers were confidential. Only if we realized that you were feeling emotionally unwell did we talk to you and your parents about how we could help you.

If you felt tired during the interview, you could take a break at any time. You also had the opportunity to ask questions or stop the survey at any time if you no longer wanted to participate. Your participation was voluntary and it was important to us that you felt comfortable.