Test-Retest Reliability of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC 2.1)

Abstract

Test-retest reliability findings were consistent with or superior to those reported in previous studies. Results support the usefulness of the DISC in further clinical and epidemiologic research; however, closely spaced or repeated DISC interviews may result in significant diagnostic attenuation on retest. Further studies of the test-retest attenuation phenomena are needed, including careful examination of the child, family, and illness characteristics of diagnostic stability.

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Medical diagnosisKappaTest (biology)PsychologyReliability (semiconductor)Sample (material)Clinical psychologyPsychiatryMedicinePathology

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National Institute of Mental Health CZ

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Year: 1995
Type: article
Volume: 52
Issue: 1
Pages: 61-61
Citations: 250
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                                    Peter S. Jensen, 
                                
                                    Margaret Roper, 
                                
                                    Prudence W. Fisher
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1995). 
                            Test-Retest Reliability of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC 2.1). 
                            Archives of General Psychiatry
                            , 52
                            (1)
                            , 61-61.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1995.03950130061007
                        

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DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1995.03950130061007