Identifying psychosocial problems among youth: factors associated with youth agreement on a positive parent‐completed PSC‐17

Duke, Naomi N.; Ireland, Marjorie; Borowsky, Iris Wagman

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2005.00551.x

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“…Our subjects all completed the 35 question tools and our analyses were repeated limiting the data to only the questions included in the PSC-17 (Gall et al 2000, Duke et al 2005, Gardner et al 2007) and PSC-17-Y. All four tools have strong internal consistency.…”

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“…The PSC consists of 35 items that are rated as never, sometimes or often present (scored 0, 1 or 2). A 17-item version of the PSC (PSC-17) has also been used successfully to detect youth with psychosocial impairment (Gall et al 2000, Borowsky, Mozayeny and Ireland 2003, Duke, Ireland and Borowsky 2005, Gardner et al 2007). Both versions are scored by simply adding the scores on each individual item.…”

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Validation of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist in HIV-infected Batswana

Lowenthal

Lawler

Harari

et al. 2011

Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health

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Objective To determine the validity of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC), a brief measure of psychosocial health, for screening HIV+ Batswana children. Method Setswana versions of the parent and child PSC were administered to 509 HIV+ Batswana children (age 8–16) and their parents/guardians. Test properties were evaluated and cut-off scores were derived using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. Scores on the parent-completed PSC and the child-completed PSC-Y were compared to parental and clinic staff reports of concern about the child’s psychosocial health and to scores on the Children’s Depression Inventory and the Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale. Results The Setswana PSC has high internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha 0.87 for the parent-completed version). Comparing PSC scores to parental reports of concern and child-reported depression symptoms, a cut-off score of 20 on the PSC and PSC-Y maximised the sensitivity and specificity. Conclusions The PSC performed well in Setswana-speaking children and is a promising screening tool for paediatric psychosocial problems in busy clinical settings. Screening with the PSC may allow for early detection and treatment of psychosocial problems. This is likely to be of particular value for HIV+ children for whom HIV treatment non-adherence may result from untreated psychosocial dysfunction.

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Validation of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist in HIV-infected Batswana

Lowenthal

Lawler

Harari

et al. 2011

Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health

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“…One study found that parents agreed more about the problems of girls than those of boys [7], and conflicting evidence existed regarding the direction of the age effect on informant agreements [10,22,23]. It was reported that the quality of the parent - child relationship could also influence the disagreement between parents and their children [19]. One study also found that parental factors correlated with informant disagreements about the level of adolescents’ problems.…”

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Agreement between parents and adolescents on emotional and behavioral problems and its associated factors among Chinese school adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Wang

Liu

et al. 2014

BMC Psychiatry

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BackgroundMost studies about informant agreements on adolescents’ emotional and behavioral problems have been conducted in Western countries, but this subject has not been well researched in China. The aim of this study was to evaluate the pattern of parent–adolescent agreement on adolescents’ problems and its associated factors among school-age adolescents in China.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted in November and December of 2010. A questionnaire including the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), the Youth Self-Report (YSR), the Family Environment Scale (FES) and the characteristics of the child (age and gender), parents (parent–adolescent relationship and parental expectations) and family (family structure, negative life events) was distributed to our study population. A total of 2,199 Chinese adolescents (aged 11–18) from 15 public schools in Liaoning Province, who completed the questionnaire, became our final participants. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to assess parent–adolescent agreement, and linear regression analysis was used to explore the associated factors of parent–adolescent discrepancies on emotional and behavioral problems.ResultsThe parent–adolescent agreement on emotional and behavioral problems was high (mean r = 0.6). The scores of YSR were higher than those of CBCL. Factors that increased informant discrepancies on emotional and behavioral problems were boys, older age, the experience of negative life events, low levels of cohesion and organization, and high levels of conflict in the family.ConclusionsA high level of parent–adolescent agreement on emotional and behavioral problems was found. Adolescents reported more problems than their parents did. Family environment is an important factor to be considered when interpreting informant discrepancies on the mental health of Chinese adolescents.

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“…It takes less than 10 minutes to complete and can be administered without assistance to parents and caregivers with elementary-level education. A briefer, 17-item version is also available (Borowsky, Mozayeny, & Ireland, 2003; Duke, Ireland, & Borowsky, 2005; Gall, Pagano, Desmond, Perrin, & Murphy, 2000; Gardner, Lucas, Kolko, & Campo, 2007). …”

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Rapid psychosocial function screening test identified treatment failure in HIV+ African youth

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Psychosocial dysfunction in older children and adolescents is common and may lead to non-adherence to HIV treatments. Poor adherence leads to HIV treatment failure and the development of resistant virus. In resource-limited settings where treatment options are typically limited to only one or two available lines of therapy, identification of individuals at highest risk of failure before failure occurs is of critical importance. Rapid screening tools for psychosocial dysfunction may allow for identification of those children and adolescents who are most likely to benefit from limited psychosocial support services targeted at preventing HIV treatment failure. The Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) is used in high resource settings for rapid identification of at-risk youth. In 692 HIV-infected treated children (ages of 8-<17 years) in Botswana, having a high score on the PSC was associated with having virologic failure (OR 1.7, 95% CI 1.1–2.6). The PSC may be a useful screening tool in pediatric HIV.

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Identifying psychosocial problems among youth: factors associated with youth agreement on a positive parent‐completed PSC‐17

Cited by 36 publications

References 52 publications

Validation of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist in HIV-infected Batswana

Validation of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist in HIV-infected Batswana

Agreement between parents and adolescents on emotional and behavioral problems and its associated factors among Chinese school adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Rapid psychosocial function screening test identified treatment failure in HIV+ African youth

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