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Observational Assessment of Preschool Disruptive Behavior, Part II: validity of the Disruptive Behavior Diagnostic Observation Schedule (DB-DOS).

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Wakschlag, LS; Briggs-Gowan, MJ; Hill, C; Danis, B; Leventhal, BL; Keenan, K; Egger, HL; Cicchetti, D; Burns, J; Carter, AS
Published in: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry
June 2008

OBJECTIVE: To examine the validity of the Disruptive Behavior Diagnostic Observation Schedule (DB-DOS), a new observational method for assessing preschool disruptive behavior. METHOD: A total of 327 behaviorally heterogeneous preschoolers from low-income environments comprised the validation sample. Parent and teacher reports were used to identify children with clinically significant disruptive behavior. The DB-DOS assessed observed disruptive behavior in two domains, problems in Behavioral Regulation and Anger Modulation, across three interactional contexts: Examiner Engaged, Examiner Busy, and Parent. Convergent and divergent validity of the DB-DOS were tested in relation to parent and teacher reports and independently observed behavior. Clinical validity was tested in terms of criterion and incremental validity of the DB-DOS for discriminating disruptive behavior status and impairment, concurrently and longitudinally. RESULTS: DB-DOS scores were significantly associated with reported and independently observed behavior in a theoretically meaningful fashion. Scores from both DB-DOS domains and each of the three DB-DOS contexts contributed uniquely to discrimination of disruptive behavior status, concurrently and predictively. Observed behavior on the DB-DOS also contributed incrementally to prediction of impairment over time, beyond variance explained by meeting DSM-IV disruptive behavior disorder symptom criteria based on parent/teacher report. CONCLUSIONS: The multidomain, multicontext approach of the DB-DOS is a valid method for direct assessment of preschool disruptive behavior. This approach shows promise for enhancing accurate identification of clinically significant disruptive behavior in young children and for characterizing subtypes in a manner that can directly inform etiological and intervention research.

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J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry

DOI

EISSN

1527-5418

Publication Date

June 2008

Volume

47

Issue

6

Start / End Page

632 / 641

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Environment
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Psychometrics
  • Personality Assessment
  • Observer Variation
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Child, Preschool
 

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Wakschlag, L. S., Briggs-Gowan, M. J., Hill, C., Danis, B., Leventhal, B. L., Keenan, K., … Carter, A. S. (2008). Observational Assessment of Preschool Disruptive Behavior, Part II: validity of the Disruptive Behavior Diagnostic Observation Schedule (DB-DOS). J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 47(6), 632–641. https://doi.org/10.1097/CHI.0b013e31816c5c10
Wakschlag, Lauren S., Margaret J. Briggs-Gowan, Carri Hill, Barbara Danis, Bennett L. Leventhal, Kate Keenan, Helen L. Egger, Domenic Cicchetti, James Burns, and Alice S. Carter. “Observational Assessment of Preschool Disruptive Behavior, Part II: validity of the Disruptive Behavior Diagnostic Observation Schedule (DB-DOS).J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 47, no. 6 (June 2008): 632–41. https://doi.org/10.1097/CHI.0b013e31816c5c10.
Wakschlag LS, Briggs-Gowan MJ, Hill C, Danis B, Leventhal BL, Keenan K, et al. Observational Assessment of Preschool Disruptive Behavior, Part II: validity of the Disruptive Behavior Diagnostic Observation Schedule (DB-DOS). J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2008 Jun;47(6):632–41.
Wakschlag, Lauren S., et al. “Observational Assessment of Preschool Disruptive Behavior, Part II: validity of the Disruptive Behavior Diagnostic Observation Schedule (DB-DOS).J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, vol. 47, no. 6, June 2008, pp. 632–41. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/CHI.0b013e31816c5c10.
Wakschlag LS, Briggs-Gowan MJ, Hill C, Danis B, Leventhal BL, Keenan K, Egger HL, Cicchetti D, Burns J, Carter AS. Observational Assessment of Preschool Disruptive Behavior, Part II: validity of the Disruptive Behavior Diagnostic Observation Schedule (DB-DOS). J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2008 Jun;47(6):632–641.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry

DOI

EISSN

1527-5418

Publication Date

June 2008

Volume

47

Issue

6

Start / End Page

632 / 641

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Environment
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Psychometrics
  • Personality Assessment
  • Observer Variation
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Child, Preschool