TY - JOUR
T1 - Interrater reliability of the DSM-III-R with preschool children
AU - Lavigne, John V.
AU - Arend, Richard
AU - Rosenbaum, Diane
AU - Sinacore, James
AU - Cicchetti, Colleen
AU - Binns, Helen J.
AU - Christoffel, Katherine Kaufer
AU - Hayford, Jennifer R.
AU - McGuire, Patricia
PY - 1994/12
Y1 - 1994/12
N2 - Little attention has been paid to evaluating the use of DSM-III-R with preschool children. Children (N = 510) ages 2 to 5 years who were screened at the time of a pediatric visit were selected to participate in an evaluation which included questionnaires, a semistructured interview, developmental testing, and a play observation. Following the evaluation, two clinical child psychologists independently assigned DSM-III-R diagnoses. For each diagnostic category, kappa and Y coefficients were calculated; Y coefficients are less sensitive to base rates of disorders. For overall agreement, the weighted mean kappa (.61), and mean Y (.66) were moderately high. Overall agreement that the child had at least one of the disruptive disorders was substantial (kappa =.64; Y =.65);agreement that there was at least one of the emotional disorders was moderate for kappa (.54), but substantial for Y (.70). Kappa coefficients were higher for major categories of disorder than for specific disorders; however, Y coefficients did not show a decline for specific disorders. Interrater reliability of DSM-III-R appears to be similar for preschoolers and older children.
AB - Little attention has been paid to evaluating the use of DSM-III-R with preschool children. Children (N = 510) ages 2 to 5 years who were screened at the time of a pediatric visit were selected to participate in an evaluation which included questionnaires, a semistructured interview, developmental testing, and a play observation. Following the evaluation, two clinical child psychologists independently assigned DSM-III-R diagnoses. For each diagnostic category, kappa and Y coefficients were calculated; Y coefficients are less sensitive to base rates of disorders. For overall agreement, the weighted mean kappa (.61), and mean Y (.66) were moderately high. Overall agreement that the child had at least one of the disruptive disorders was substantial (kappa =.64; Y =.65);agreement that there was at least one of the emotional disorders was moderate for kappa (.54), but substantial for Y (.70). Kappa coefficients were higher for major categories of disorder than for specific disorders; however, Y coefficients did not show a decline for specific disorders. Interrater reliability of DSM-III-R appears to be similar for preschoolers and older children.
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U2 - 10.1007/BF02171995
DO - 10.1007/BF02171995
M3 - Article
C2 - 7876456
AN - SCOPUS:0028035386
VL - 22
SP - 679
EP - 690
JO - Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
JF - Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
SN - 0091-0627
IS - 6
ER -