Sensitivity to change of youth treatment outcome measures: a comparison of the CBCL, BASC-2, and Y-OQ.
This study evaluated the relative sensitivity to change of the Child Behavior Checklist/6-18 (CBCL), the Behavior Assessment System for Children-2 (BASC-2), and the Youth Outcome Questionnaire 2.01 (Y-OQ). Participants were 134 parents and 44 adolescents receiving routine outpatient services in a community mental health system. Hierarchical linear modeling analyses were used to examine change trajectories for the 3 measures across 3 groups: parent informants, parent and adolescent dyads, and adolescent informants. Results indicated that for parent-report measures, the Y-OQ was most change sensitive; the BASC-2 and CBCL were not statistically different from each other. Significant differences in change sensitivity were not observed for youth self-report of symptoms. Results suggest that the Y-OQ may be particularly useful for evaluating change in overall psychosocial functioning in children and adolescents.
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
Debra T
DT
McClendon
Jared S
JS
Warren
Katherine M
KM
Green
Gary M
GM
Burlingame
Dennis L
DL
Eggett
Richard J
RJ
McClendon
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D010290:Parents; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*