title: Development and initial validation of the peer-report measure of internalizing and externalizing behavior.
abstract: This study describes the development and initial validation of the Peer-report Measure of Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior (PMIEB), a peer-nomination inventory that assesses internalizing (anxiety, depression, somatic complaints) and externalizing (aggression, delinquency, hyperactivity/attentional problems) psychopathology in school-aged children. Peer nomination inventories such as the PMIEB can provide an important perspective on children's behavioral and emotional functioning, for purposes ranging from descriptive psychopathology to outcome assessments of school-based treatment programs. However, although there currently are peer-nomination inventories for several specific domains of behavioral and emotional problems, the PMIEB represents the first broadband peer-nomination assessment instrument that can efficiently provide peer-report information across a wide range of child emotional and behavioral problems. Results of this study provide support for the reliability and validity of both broadband PMIEB subscales, as well as 5 of the 6 narrowband PMIEB subscales.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37215, USA. bahr.weiss@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Bahr
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Vicki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Catron
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010379:Peer Group; D011581:Psychological Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014481:United States