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Assessing child and adolescent anxiety in psychiatric samples with the Child Behavior Checklist.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20362414     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The Child Behavior Checklist's (CBCL) is often used as a screening instrument at first contact in standard child and adolescent psychiatric settings adding valuable information to the diagnostic process. However, its correspondence to clinical, in particular anxiety, diagnoses has not always been clear. Using parent reports from 2763 outpatients and 888 inpatients referred for psychiatric services, CBCL-anxiety scales were examined regarding their predictive validity and potential use as screening devices for anxiety disorders. Symptom scores across four diagnostic groups (anxiety disorder, emotional disorder, other psychiatric disorder and no psychiatric disorder) were calculated and compared; in addition ROC-analyses for the anxiety-disordered group were performed. Support for the validity of the "Anxiety Problems" scale (Achenbach et al., 2003) was found. However, AUC-values were only in the medium range (.71-.72) with substantial misclassification numbers proposing a limited utility of the scale as a screening instrument in our samples. Adding valuable information to the diagnostic process, the CBCL's associations with clinical anxiety diagnoses seem only moderate suggesting the additional use of other anxiety-specific instruments in clinical routine.
Authors:
Jan Pauschardt; Helmut Remschmidt; Fritz Mattejat
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Validation Studies     Date:  2010-03-12
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of anxiety disorders     Volume:  24     ISSN:  1873-7897     ISO Abbreviation:  J Anxiety Disord     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-03     Completed Date:  2010-08-09     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8710131     Medline TA:  J Anxiety Disord     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  461-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Philipps-University Marburg, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hans-Sachs-Str. 4-6, 35039 Marburg, Germany. pauschar@med.uni-marburg.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Anxiety Disorders / diagnosis*,  epidemiology*,  psychology
Child
Child Behavior Disorders / diagnosis*,  epidemiology
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders / diagnosis,  epidemiology,  psychology
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