title: The reading grade level of common measures in child and adolescent clinical psychology.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to provide easily accessible readability information for 49 parent- and 35 child- and adolescent-report measures commonly used by clinicians and researchers. There is a great deal of variability in reading ability required across measures. The majority of parent-report measures (65%) required reading ability above the 8th grade level. The average child-/adolescent-report measure required reading ability above the 6th grade level. Given the potential contribution of readability to a measure's reliability, validity, and overall utility, examining and accounting for readability should be a more common practice in test construction and administration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center.
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center.
authors.forename: Gregory A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Fabiano
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, West Virginia University.
authors.forename: Andy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lopez-Williams
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York.
authors.forename: Anil
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-3275-4726
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chacko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D032882:Comprehension / Q000502:physiology; D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent / Q000379:methods*; D002666:Psychology, Child / Q000379:methods*; D011586:Psychology, Clinical / Q000379:methods*; D011932:Reading; D012647:Self-Assessment