Journal article
Discriminant Validity of Self-Reported Anxiety and Depression in Children: Generalizability to Clinic Referred and Ethnically Diverse Populations
Assessment (Odessa, Fla.), v 6(3), pp 259-267
01 Sep 1999
PMID: 10445963
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Abstract
In the present study, we investigated the relation of childhood anxiety and depression with 240 children (56% clinical referrals, 44% nonclinical referrals) ages 8 to 14 years. Participants were administered the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC) and the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), two commonly used self-report measures of childhood anxiety and depression. The principal focus of this study was to examine the discriminant validity of these measures at the level of individual items through factor analysis. Although high correlations were found between overall scores on the CDI and STAIC, factor analysis yielded distinct factors of anxiety and depression. Thus, with the inclusion of clinic-referred and ethnically diverse groups, the present study provided support for the generalizability of findings of similar research with non-clinic-referred, primarily-Caucasian samples.
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- Title
- Discriminant Validity of Self-Reported Anxiety and Depression in Children: Generalizability to Clinic Referred and Ethnically Diverse Populations
- Creators
- Kenneth J. RuggieroTracy L. Morris - West Virginia UniversityDeborah C. Beidel - University of Maryland, College ParkJoseph R. Scotti - West Virginia UniversitySusan V. McLeer - University at Buffalo, State University of New York
- Publication Details
- Assessment (Odessa, Fla.), v 6(3), pp 259-267
- Publisher
- Sage
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000082672800006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0033194754
- Other Identifier
- 991021895755604721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Clinical