The symptoms and functioning severity scale (SFSS): Psychometric evaluation and discrepancies among youth, caregiver, and clinician ratings over time

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 13-29

  Athay, M Michele ^a   Riemer, Manuel ^b   Bickman, Leonard ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discrepancy ratings; Hierarchical linear modeling; Psychometrics; SFSS; Symptom severity; Youth mental health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84858698732     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: 15733289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10488-012-0403-2     Document Type: Article

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