title: Revision and psychometric testing of the Barton Hospital Picture Test.
abstract: The Barton Hospital Picture Test (BHPT) is an instrument designed to elicit self-reports of stress in hospitalized children. This article reports two studies. The results of Study 1 were used to revise the pictures. Study 2 determined the reliability and validity of the revised BHPT. The revised BHPT has construct validity demonstrated by differences in total stress scores in the expected direction between hospitalized and community (well) children. The instrument has acceptable test-retest, interrater, and internal consistency reliability.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198-5330, USA.
authors.forename: Margaret E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Mary Erickson
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Megel
authors.forename: Pauline H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Barton
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marget
authors.forename: Shelly
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ranck
authors.forename: Jamie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schneiss-Protaskey
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Witcofski
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wolf
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006801:Humans; D011386:Projective Techniques; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D012922:Social Change; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology; D014481:United States