title: French norms and validation of the Child Development Inventory (CDI): Inventaire du Developpement de l'Enfant (IDE).
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the French norms and examine the validity of a parent-report inventory: the Child Development Inventory (CDI), called "Inventaire du Développement de l'Enfant (IDE)" in French. This assesses the general level of a child's development in 8 developmental domains. The norms were determined for a community sample of 1287 children, aged 15 to 72 months. The score for the CDI general development scale correlates closely with chronological age (r = .89). The intra- and interobserver (mother vs teacher) agreements were .97 and .76. The 1-year stability coefficient between the developmental quotient (DQ) values was .81. Correlation between the DQ (CDI) and the IQ of psychometric individual test was high (r = .84). The sensitivity and specificity for detecting borderline children (IQ < 86) were 84% (95% CI = 72% to 92%) and 92% (95% CI = 84% to 97%), respectively. Therefore, the French version of the CDI, like the English one, provides a useful tool for measuring children's development.
authors.affiliation: Universite Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France. michel.duyme@univ-montp1.fr
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duyme
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zorman
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tervo
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Capron
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D057238:Growth Charts; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires