title: The Somatic Complaint List: validation of a self-report questionnaire assessing somatic complaints in children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the Somatic Complaint List (SCL) in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  At T1, 365 fourth and 352 fifth graders completed the SCL, the Children's Somatization Inventory (CSI-C), and the Mood Questionnaire. Parents (n=564) completed the parental form of the CSI-C (CSI-P). Six months later, the stability of the SCL and the CSI-C was assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The psychometric properties and stability of the SCL were good. Correlations with the CSI-C, negative moods, and the CSI-P complaints supported the validity. Moreover, the SCL was more strongly associated with negative moods and with parental reports of children's somatic complaints than the CSI-C.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The SCL is a suitable questionnaire for assessing somatic complaints in school-aged children.
authors: Developmental Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. fjellesma@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
authors: Francine C
authors: FC
authors: Jellesma
authors: Carolien
authors: C
authors: Rieffe
authors: Mark Meerum
authors: MM
authors: Terwogt
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires