title: Further evidence of reliability and validity of the Child Symptom Inventory-4: parent checklist in clinically referred boys.
abstract: Examined reliability and validity of the parent version of the Child Symptom Inventory (CSI-4) in 247 boys between 6.0 and 10 years 11 months old referred for evaluation of behavioral and emotional problems. The CSI-4 is a behavior rating scale whose items correspond to the symptoms of disorders defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed. [DSM-IV]; American Psychiatric Association, 1994). Results indicated satisfactory internal consistency reliability, test-retest reliability, and temporal stability over a 4-year period for most symptom categories. CSI-4 ratings converged and diverged in a theoretically consistent pattern with respective scales of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL; Achenbach, 1991a) and the Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents-Revised-Parent Version (DICA-P; Reich, Shayka, & Taibleson, 1991). Discriminant validity was established in that boys with specific DICA-P diagnoses received significantly higher corresponding CSI-4 parent symptom ratings than boys not so diagnosed. Clinical utility (sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive power, negative predictive power) was evaluated for screening cutoffs based on categorical (DSM-IV) and dimensional (normative distribution of Symptom Severity scores) scoring methods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York, Putnam Hall-South Campus, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8790, USA. jsprafkin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sprafkin
authors.forename: Kenneth D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Gadow
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Salisbury
authors.forename: Jayne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Loney
mesh_terms: D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D002661:Child Guidance Clinics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013997:Time Factors