title: Factor analyses of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist-17 with African-American and Caucasian pediatric populations.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To validate a three-factor model for the Pediatric Symptom Checklist-17 (PSC-17) and evaluate its diagnostic accuracy with African-American and Caucasian children with and without a chronic illness.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mothers of 723 youth diagnosed with either type I diabetes (n = 210) or sickle cell disease (n = 191) and a nonill peer group (n = 322) completed a demographic questionnaire, the PSC-17, and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Confirmatory factor analyses and tests of measurement invariance validated a three-factor structure for the PSC-17 with African-American and Caucasian youth with and without a chronic illness. Receiver operating characteristic curves revealed optimal cut-off scores that are similar to published reports.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A three-factor solution was replicated for the PSC-17 with African-American and Caucasian children with and without a chronic illness. Cut-off scores for identifying children at risk for emotional/behavioral problems were evaluated using the CBCL as the gold standard and are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stoppelbein
authors.forename: Leilani
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Greening
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moll
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: Alexis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suozzi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D057189:Checklist / Q000592:standards*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D012372:ROC Curve; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*