title: Assessment of psychosocial experiences in childhood: methodological issues and some illustrative findings.
abstract: The development of a new standardised investigator-based interview, PACE (Psychosocial Assessment of Childhood Experiences), for the assessment of acute life events and long-term psychosocial experiences is described. An application of PACE to a sample of 84 children referred to psychiatric clinics and 22 general population controls, is presented. Reliability was assessed using a separate clinic sample of 15 child-parent pairs. The findings showed that PACE has satisfactory reliability and discriminant validity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Glasgow, U.K.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sandberg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rutter
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giles
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Owen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Champion
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nicholls
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Prior
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McGuinness
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Drinnan
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D001601:Bereavement; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010553:Personality Development; D011594:Psychometrics