Screening for child-reported behavioral and emotional problems in primary care pediatrics.
In light of the findings that mother-completed checklists do not adequately reflect children's perceptions of their own adjustment, two child-completed questionnaires were assessed as screening measures for behavioral or emotional problems with 50 children seen for well-child examinations. Case criterion was child-reported DSM-III symptoms through a clinical interview. Support was provided for the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale but not the Children's Depression Inventory as a child-reported screening measure. Moreover, the findings indicated that both mother-completed and child-completed measures are needed to screen adequately for behavioral or emotional problems of children seen in a primary care pediatric clinic.
Merritt
K A
KA
Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Thompson
R J
RJ
Keith
B R
BR
Gustafson
K E
KE
Murphy
L B
LB
Johndrow
D A
DA
D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales