Computerized Adaptive Tests for Rapid and Accurate Assessment of Psychopathology Dimensions in Youth

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2020, Pages 1264-1273

  Gibbons, Robert D ^a   Kupfer, David J ^b   Frank, Ellen ^b   Lahey, Benjamin B ^a   George Milford, Brandie A ^c   Biernesser, Candice L ^d   Porta, Giovanna ^c   Moore, Tara L ^e   Kim, Jong Bae ^a   Brent, David A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e HealthRhythms   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive testing; child and adolescent psychopathology; diagnosis; measurement; multidimensional item response theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMPUTERIZED ADAPTIVE TESTING; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-5; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; KIDDIE COMPUTERIZED ADAPTIVE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHEDULE FOR AFFECTIVE DISORDERS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; ANXIETY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 85092012419     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2019.08.009     Document Type: Article

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