title: The feasibility of conducting structured diagnostic interviews with preadolescents: a community field trial of the DISC.
abstract: A field trial of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children, Version R, was conducted with a sample of 144 preadolescents identified from a 1986-1987 New Haven, Connecticut, cross-sectional children's mental health survey. This report examines procedural and methodological issues pertaining to the feasibility of completing structured diagnostic interviews with young children in the community. Four topics relating to community acceptance and potential response problems are addressed: 1) participation and completion rates; 2) quality of interview response; 3) parent and child reactions to the interview; and 4) evaluation of response bias.
authors.affiliation: Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510-8009.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Zahner
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003237:Connecticut / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values