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- Title
Development of a structured psychiatric interview for children: agreement between child and parent on individual symptoms.
- Authors
Herjanic, B; Reich, W
- Abstract
To test the reliability of children's reporting as compared with that of their mothers, a highly structured psychiatric diagnostic interview was used with 307 subjects, ages 6 through 16. Another interviewer gave each mother a similar interview about the child. Responses of each mother-child pair to 168 questions were compared using the kappa statistic. Highest agreement was found on questions concerning symptoms that are concrete, observable, severe, and unambiguous. Mothers tended to report significantly more behavioral symptoms, and children more subjective symptoms. Reasons for low kappas and asymmetrical reporting of symptoms are discussed.
- Publication
Journal of abnormal child psychology, 1997, Vol 25, Issue 1, p21
- ISSN
0091-0627
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1023/a:1025703323438