Characteristics of the Subject and Interview Influencing the Test‐Retest Reliability of the Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents‐Revised

Pérez, Rosario Granero; Ezpeleta, Lourdes; Massons, José M. Doménech; Osa, Núria de la

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“…Recent studies of the test-retest reliability of the DISC suggest that the greater the length of the item, the greater the reduction in test-retest reliability (Fallon & Schwab-Stone, 1994;Perez, Ascaso, Domenech Massons, & de la Osa Chaparro, 1998). This was also the case for those DISC items that required recall of onset and offset of symptoms and the temporal relations between the onset of symptoms and impairments in adaptive functioning (Perez et al, 1998). The CDI does not include any such items, nor does it make such demands on recall.…”

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A Further Look at the Prognostic Power of Young Children's Reports of Depressed Mood and Feelings

2001

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A primary objective of the present study was to determine the validity of first graders' self-reports of depressed mood and feelings. To that end, the prognostic power of first grade self-reports of depressed mood and feelings was examined with respect to later psychopathology and adaptive functioning in a population of urban school children (N = 946). First grade self-reports of depressed mood predicted later child academic functioning, the need for and use of mental health services, suicidal ideation, and a diagnosis of major depressive disorder by age 14. The prognostic power of these early self-reports suggests that children as young as 5 or 6 years of age are capable of providing valid reports of depressed mood and feelings.

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A Further Look at the Prognostic Power of Young Children's Reports of Depressed Mood and Feelings

2001

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“…The reliability of information from young children (from the age of 7 years onwards) has been a matter of debate, as the content of clinical interviews could challenge the cognitive skills of younger children. Some studies on test-retest reliability maintain that age has no effect on the degree of reliability [29,30], while other studies report an increase in reliability with the age of children [31,32]. According to Puig-Antich et al [33], although a child's ability to report past status is limited, he/she is the best reporter for the present state of a mood disorder, inappropriate guilt, depressive mood, self-esteem, suicidal preoccupations, anxious worries may remain totally unknown to the parents, especially when they are not clearly associated with changes in behaviour.…”

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Depressive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents with Dysthymic Disorder

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This report examines clinical features of ‘pure’ dysthymic disorder (DD, without superimposed major depressive disorder, MDD) in a sample of children and adolescents. Profiles of symptomatology and comorbidity as a function of age and gender are described. The sample consisted of 48 subjects (22 males, 26 females, age range 7–18 years, mean age 12.1 years) screened from consecutively referred children and adolescents. All subjects were comprehensively diagnosed with structured diagnostic interviews (Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Age, Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents-Revised), according to DSM-IV criteria. Depressed mood, irritability, loss of energy and fatigue, guilt and low self-esteem were present in more than 70% of the subjects. Differences in symptomatic profile between males and females were not significant. Children showed less symptoms than adolescents, but the symptomatic profile was comparable (only anhedonia was significantly more frequent in adolescents). Anxiety disorders were more commonly comorbid with DD, especially separation anxiety disorder in children (33%) and generalised anxiety disorder in adolescents (67%). Externalising disorders were less frequently represented in our sample (14%). An early diagnosis of ‘pure’ DD before the first episode of MDD is crucial for a timely intervention.

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“…This may be due, in part, to the idea that researchers generally view self-report as unreliable (Dunning et al, 2004). Further, often children in particular are viewed as unreliable self-reporters in assessments of complex psychological constructs (e.g., hopelessness, anxiety and worry; Kazdin, Rodgers, & Colbus, 1986; Perez, Ascaso, Massons, & Chaparro, 1998; Schniering, Hudson, & Rapee, 2000). This view is often held despite a wealth of evidence that children can provide reliable and valid self-reports of complex constructs and behaviors (e.g., Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001; Hunsley & Mash, 2007; Mash & Hunsley, 2005).…”

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Discrepancy between how children perceive their own alcohol risk and how they perceive alcohol risk for other children longitudinally predicts alcohol use

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This paper examined discrepancies between children's self-perceptions of the riskiness of alcohol use versus their perceptions of the riskiness of alcohol use for other children, and whether these discrepancies predicted children's future alcohol use. Participants included 234 children (M = 11 years, 45.3% female) who completed baseline and one-year follow-up assessments on self-perceived riskiness of alcohol use, perceived riskiness of alcohol use for other same-age children, and own past year alcohol use. When considering child age and gender, baseline alcohol use, and the individual reports of the riskiness of alcohol use, the interaction between alcohol use riskiness reports prospectively predicted greater odds of alcohol use. The highest percentage of childhood alcohol use at one-year follow-up came from those children with both low self-perceived riskiness of alcohol use and high perceived riskiness of alcohol use for other children. Children's perceptions of multiple people's risk from alcohol use results in identifying important subgroups of children at risk for earlyonset alcohol use.

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Characteristics of the Subject and Interview Influencing the Test‐Retest Reliability of the Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents‐Revised

Cited by 18 publications

References 44 publications

A Further Look at the Prognostic Power of Young Children's Reports of Depressed Mood and Feelings

A Further Look at the Prognostic Power of Young Children's Reports of Depressed Mood and Feelings

Depressive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents with Dysthymic Disorder

Discrepancy between how children perceive their own alcohol risk and how they perceive alcohol risk for other children longitudinally predicts alcohol use

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