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Publications [#271595] of Elizabeth J. Costello

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  1. Costello, EJ; Angold, A (1988). Scales to assess child and adolescent depression: checklists, screens, and nets.. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 27(6), 726-737. [doi]
    (last updated on 2023/06/01)

    Abstract:
    Child self-report and parent-report measures of depressive symptoms are useful both for preliminary screening and to monitor change in symptomatology. These two aims, however, demand different psychometric properties. Currently available self- and/or parent-reports of depressive symptoms are reviewed in terms of their content validity and criterion validity. There is wide variability in the symptoms covered by the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC), Depression Self-Rating Scale (DSRS), Children's Depression Scale (CDS), and Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ). A review of criterion validity showed that information needed is often unavailable. Suggestions are made for ways to provide information that will enable clinicians and researchers to select measures for their purposes.


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