Criterion validity of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) with inpatient adolescents

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 651-657

  Kovacs, Stephanie ^a   Sharp, Carla ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b MENNINGER CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health; Parents; Reliability; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; COMPUTERIZED DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR CHILDREN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VALIDITY; DEVICES; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84907599065     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.06.019     Document Type: Article

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