Criterion Validity of the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version 2.3 (DISC-2.3)

Abstract

Results suggest some specific diagnostic areas in which further revision of the DISC is warranted. Three main sources of variability in DISC-clinician diagnostic agreement were evident over and above that due to the instrument itself, including (1) the informant used, (2) the algorithm applied in synthesizing symptom reports, and (3) the design of the validity comparison.

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Medical diagnosisPsychologyCriterion validityPsychiatryAnxietyConduct disorderClinical psychologyTest validityPsychometricsMedicineConstruct validityPathology

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Year: 1996
Type: article
Volume: 35
Issue: 7
Pages: 878-888
Citations: 400
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                                    Mary Schwab‐Stone, 
                                
                                    David Shaffer, 
                                
                                    Mina K. Dulcan
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1996). 
                            Criterion Validity of the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version 2.3 (DISC-2.3). 
                            Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
                            , 35
                            (7)
                            , 878-888.
                            https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199607000-00013
                        

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DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199607000-00013