Ten-Year Review of Rating Scales. I: Overview of Scale Functioning, Psychometric Properties, and Selection

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 114-122

  Myers, Kathleen ^a,b   Winters, Nancy C ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement; Psychometrics; Rating scales

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL VALUE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036481997     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-200202000-00004     Document Type: Review

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