Portability of a screener for pediatric bipolar disorder to a diverse setting

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 341-351

  Freeman, Andrew J ^a   Youngstrom, Eric A ^a   Frazier, Thomas W ^b   Youngstrom, Jennifer Kogos ^a   Demeter, Christine ^c   Findling, Robert L ^c  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Construct validity; Differential item functioning; Discriminant validity; PGBI 10M; Portability; Sensitivity; Specificity; Test construction; Test validity

Indexed keywords

10 ITEM MANIA GENERAL BEHAVIOR INVENTORY; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD DEPRESSION RATING SCALE REVISED; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PARENT MOOD DISORDER QUESTIONNAIRE; PARENT REPORTED GENERAL BEHAVIOR INVENTORY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; SCHEDULE FOR AFFECTIVE DISORDERS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA FOR CHILDREN; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG MANIA RATING SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMORBIDITY; HOSPITALIZATION; MASS SCREENING; PARENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN POPULATION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PARENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84866929205     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025617     Document Type: Article

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