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Effectiveness of early screening for externalizing problems: issues of screening accuracy and utility.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Hill, LG; Coie, JD; Lochman, JE; Greenberg, MT
Published in: Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
October 2004

Accurate, early screening is a prerequisite for indicated interventions intended to prevent development of externalizing disorders and delinquent behaviors. Using the Fast Track longitudinal sample of 396 children drawn from high-risk environments, the authors varied assumptions about base rates and examined effects of multiple-time-point and multiple-rater screening procedures. The authors also considered the practical import of various levels of screening accuracy in terms of true and false positive rates and their potential costs and benefits. Additional research is needed to determine true costs and benefits of early screening. However, the results indicate that 1st grade single- and multiple-rater screening models effectively predicted externalizing behavior and delinquent outcomes in 4th and 5th grades and that early screening is justified.

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Published In

Journal of consulting and clinical psychology

DOI

EISSN

1939-2117

ISSN

0022-006X

Publication Date

October 2004

Volume

72

Issue

5

Start / End Page

809 / 820

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Mass Screening
  • Male
  • Juvenile Delinquency
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Child Behavior Disorders
  • Adolescent
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
 

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Hill, L. G., Coie, J. D., Lochman, J. E., & Greenberg, M. T. (2004). Effectiveness of early screening for externalizing problems: issues of screening accuracy and utility. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72(5), 809–820. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-006x.72.5.809
Hill, Laura G., John D. Coie, John E. Lochman, and Mark T. Greenberg. “Effectiveness of early screening for externalizing problems: issues of screening accuracy and utility.Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 72, no. 5 (October 2004): 809–20. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-006x.72.5.809.
Hill LG, Coie JD, Lochman JE, Greenberg MT. Effectiveness of early screening for externalizing problems: issues of screening accuracy and utility. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology. 2004 Oct;72(5):809–20.
Hill, Laura G., et al. “Effectiveness of early screening for externalizing problems: issues of screening accuracy and utility.Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 72, no. 5, Oct. 2004, pp. 809–20. Epmc, doi:10.1037/0022-006x.72.5.809.
Hill LG, Coie JD, Lochman JE, Greenberg MT. Effectiveness of early screening for externalizing problems: issues of screening accuracy and utility. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology. 2004 Oct;72(5):809–820.

Published In

Journal of consulting and clinical psychology

DOI

EISSN

1939-2117

ISSN

0022-006X

Publication Date

October 2004

Volume

72

Issue

5

Start / End Page

809 / 820

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Mass Screening
  • Male
  • Juvenile Delinquency
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Child Behavior Disorders
  • Adolescent
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology