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Test-Retest Reliability of the Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment (PAPA).

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Egger, HL; Erkanli, A; Keeler, G; Potts, E; Walter, BK; Angold, A
Published in: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry
May 2006

OBJECTIVE: To examine the test-retest reliability of a new interviewer-based psychiatric diagnostic measure (the Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment) for use with parents of preschoolers aged 2 to 5 years. METHOD: A total of 1,073 parents of children attending a large pediatric clinic completed the Child Behavior Checklist 1 1/2-5. For 18 months, 193 parents of high scorers and 114 parents of low scorers were interviewed on two occasions an average of 11 days apart. RESULTS: Estimates of diagnostic reliability were very similar to those obtained from interviews with parents of older children and adults, with kappas ranging from 0.36 to 0.79. Test-retest intraclass correlations for DSM-IV syndrome scale scores ranged from 0.56 to 0.89. There were no significant differences in reliability by age, sex, or race (African American versus non-African American). CONCLUSIONS: The Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment provides a reasonably reliable standardized measure of DSM-IV psychiatric symptoms and disorders in preschoolers for use in both research and clinical service evaluations of preschoolers as young as 2 years old.

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J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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0890-8567

Publication Date

May 2006

Volume

45

Issue

5

Start / End Page

538 / 549

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Psychopathology
  • Psychometrics
  • Personality Assessment
  • Observer Variation
  • Mental Disorders
  • Mass Screening
  • Male
  • Interview, Psychological
  • Humans
 

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Egger, H. L., Erkanli, A., Keeler, G., Potts, E., Walter, B. K., & Angold, A. (2006). Test-Retest Reliability of the Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment (PAPA). J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 45(5), 538–549. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.chi.0000205705.71194.b8
Egger, Helen Link, Alaattin Erkanli, Gordon Keeler, Edward Potts, Barbara Keith Walter, and Adrian Angold. “Test-Retest Reliability of the Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment (PAPA).J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 45, no. 5 (May 2006): 538–49. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.chi.0000205705.71194.b8.
Egger HL, Erkanli A, Keeler G, Potts E, Walter BK, Angold A. Test-Retest Reliability of the Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment (PAPA). J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2006 May;45(5):538–49.
Egger, Helen Link, et al. “Test-Retest Reliability of the Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment (PAPA).J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, vol. 45, no. 5, May 2006, pp. 538–49. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/01.chi.0000205705.71194.b8.
Egger HL, Erkanli A, Keeler G, Potts E, Walter BK, Angold A. Test-Retest Reliability of the Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment (PAPA). J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2006 May;45(5):538–549.
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Published In

J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry

DOI

ISSN

0890-8567

Publication Date

May 2006

Volume

45

Issue

5

Start / End Page

538 / 549

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Psychopathology
  • Psychometrics
  • Personality Assessment
  • Observer Variation
  • Mental Disorders
  • Mass Screening
  • Male
  • Interview, Psychological
  • Humans