TY - JOUR
T1 - Multimethod, multi-informant agreement, and positive predictive value in the identification of child anxiety disorders using the scas and ADIS-C
AU - Brown-Jacobsen, Amy M.
AU - Wallace, Dustin P.
AU - Whiteside, Stephen P.H.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - The current study sought to provide practical information for the clinical use of child and parent reports of child anxiety symptoms by investigating agreement between parent, child, and clinician as well as the predictive value of this information. Examining 88 anxious children and their parents, the study compared agreement by correlating parent and child responses on the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS); comparing parent and child responses to clinician data operationalized through continuous and dichotomous variables from the Anxiety Disorder Interview Schedule for Children; and examining the relative clinical utility of parent and child reports on the SCAS in terms of positive and negative predictive value. Results indicated that parent and child agreement on the SCAS was moderate to high for most anxiety disorder symptoms and that both were generally consistent with clinician impressions. Moreover, both child and parent provided unique information to the diagnostic process.
AB - The current study sought to provide practical information for the clinical use of child and parent reports of child anxiety symptoms by investigating agreement between parent, child, and clinician as well as the predictive value of this information. Examining 88 anxious children and their parents, the study compared agreement by correlating parent and child responses on the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS); comparing parent and child responses to clinician data operationalized through continuous and dichotomous variables from the Anxiety Disorder Interview Schedule for Children; and examining the relative clinical utility of parent and child reports on the SCAS in terms of positive and negative predictive value. Results indicated that parent and child agreement on the SCAS was moderate to high for most anxiety disorder symptoms and that both were generally consistent with clinician impressions. Moreover, both child and parent provided unique information to the diagnostic process.
KW - child anxiety disorders
KW - diagnosis
KW - multi-informant agreement
KW - positive predictive value
KW - self-report measures
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U2 - 10.1177/1073191110375792
DO - 10.1177/1073191110375792
M3 - Article
C2 - 20644080
AN - SCOPUS:79961202388
SN - 1073-1911
VL - 18
SP - 382
EP - 392
JO - Assessment
JF - Assessment
IS - 3
ER -