title: Evidence-based assessment in pediatric psychology: measures of psychosocial adjustment and psychopathology.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide an evidence-based review of measures of psychosocial adjustment and psychopathology, with a specific focus on their use in the field of pediatric psychology.
  
  
  METHODS
  As part of a larger survey of pediatric psychologists from the Society of Pediatric Psychology e-mail listserv (American Psychological Association, APA, Division 54), 37 measures were selected for this psychometric review. Measures that qualified for the review fell into one of the following three categories: (a) internalizing or externalizing rating scales, (b) broad-band rating scales, and (c) self-related rating scales.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Psychometric characteristics (i.e., three types of reliability, two types of validity) were strong for the majority of measures reviewed, with 34 of the 37 measures meeting "well-established" evidence-based assessment (EBA) criteria. Strengths and weaknesses of existing measures were noted.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Recommendations for future work in this area of assessment are presented, including suggestions that more fine-grained EBA criteria be developed and that evidence-based "profiles" be devised for each measure.
authors.affiliation: Loyola University Chicago, Department of Psychology, 6525 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60626, USA. gholmbe@luc.edu
authors.forename: Grayson N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Holmbeck
authors.forename: Azure Welborn
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Thill
authors.forename: Pamela
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authors.lastname: Bachanas
authors.forename: Judy
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authors.lastname: Garber
authors.forename: Karen Bearman
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authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Mona
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authors.lastname: Abad
authors.forename: Elizabeth Franks
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authors.lastname: Bruno
authors.forename: Jocelyn Smith
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authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: Corinne
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authors.lastname: David-Ferdon
authors.forename: Barbara
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authors.lastname: Jandasek
authors.forename: Jean E
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authors.lastname: Mennuti-Washburn
authors.forename: Kerry
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authors.lastname: O'Mahar
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zukerman
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011599:Psychopathology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012917:Social Adjustment