TY - JOUR
AU - Fleming, Jan E.
AB - Abstract Background: The advantages and disadvantages of lay-administered structured interviews and self-administered problem checklists for estimating prevalence and associated features of childhood psychiatric disorder have attracted little comment. This article compares the scientific adequacy of these 2 instruments for classifying DSM-III-R categories of childhood psychiatric disorder in general population samples. Methods: Study data are from parental assessments of 251 children aged 6 to 16 years participating in a 2-stage measurement evaluation study. Reliability and validity were compared between the Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents (the structured interview used in the study) and the revised Ontario Child Health Study scales (the self-administered problem checklist used in the study). 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TI - Adequacy of Interviews vs Checklists for Classifying Childhood Psychiatric Disorder Based on Parent Reports
JF - Archives of General Psychiatry
DO - 10.1001/archpsyc.1997.01830210029003
DA - 1997-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-medical-association/adequacy-of-interviews-vs-checklists-for-classifying-childhood-DJ2sts5WC8
SP - 793
EP - 799
VL - 54
IS - 9
DP - DeepDyve
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