TY - JOUR
T1 - The MacArthur three-city outcome study
T2 - Evaluating multi-informant measures of young children's symptomatology
AU - Ablow, Jennifer C.
AU - Measelle, Jeffrey R.
AU - Kraemer, Helena C.
AU - Harrington, Richard
AU - Luby, Joan
AU - Smider, Nancy
AU - Dierker, Lisa
AU - Clark, Valerie
AU - Dubicka, Bernadka
AU - Heffelfinger, Amy
AU - Essex, Marilyn J.
AU - Kupfer, David J.
PY - 1999/1/1
Y1 - 1999/1/1
N2 - Objective: Three sites collaborated to evaluate the reliability and validity of 2 measures, developed in tandem to assess symptomatology and impairment in 4- to 8-year-old children: the Berkeley Puppet Interview Symptomatology Scales (BPI-S) and the Health and Behavior Questionnaire (HBQ). Method: In this case-control study, mothers, teachers, and children reported on multiple dimensions of children's mental health for 120 children (67 community and 53 clinic-referred children). Results: The BPI-S and the parent and teacher versions of the HBQ demonstrated strong test-retest reliability and discriminant validity on a majority of symptom scales. Medium to strong effect sizes (Cohen d) indicated that children in the clinic- referred group were viewed by all 3 informants as experiencing significantly higher levels of symptomatology than nonreferred, community children. Conclusion: The availability of a set of multi-informant instruments that are psychometrically sound, developed in tandem, and developmentally appropriate for young children will enhance researchers' ability to investigate and understand symptomatology or the emergence of symptomatology in middle childhood.
AB - Objective: Three sites collaborated to evaluate the reliability and validity of 2 measures, developed in tandem to assess symptomatology and impairment in 4- to 8-year-old children: the Berkeley Puppet Interview Symptomatology Scales (BPI-S) and the Health and Behavior Questionnaire (HBQ). Method: In this case-control study, mothers, teachers, and children reported on multiple dimensions of children's mental health for 120 children (67 community and 53 clinic-referred children). Results: The BPI-S and the parent and teacher versions of the HBQ demonstrated strong test-retest reliability and discriminant validity on a majority of symptom scales. Medium to strong effect sizes (Cohen d) indicated that children in the clinic- referred group were viewed by all 3 informants as experiencing significantly higher levels of symptomatology than nonreferred, community children. Conclusion: The availability of a set of multi-informant instruments that are psychometrically sound, developed in tandem, and developmentally appropriate for young children will enhance researchers' ability to investigate and understand symptomatology or the emergence of symptomatology in middle childhood.
KW - Assessment
KW - Psychopathology
KW - Symptomatology
KW - Young children
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=13044275657&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/00004583-199912000-00020
DO - 10.1097/00004583-199912000-00020
M3 - Article
C2 - 10596259
AN - SCOPUS:13044275657
VL - 38
SP - 1580
EP - 1590
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
SN - 0890-8567
IS - 12
ER -