The baby pediatric symptom checklist: development and initial validation of a new social/emotional screening instrument for very young children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop and validate the Baby Pediatric Symptom Checklist (BPSC), a brief social/emotional screening instrument for children less than 18 months. The BPSC is modeled after the Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) and is part of the Survey of Wellbeing of Young Children, a comprehensive, freely available screening instrument designed for use in pediatric primary care.

Method

BPSC items were developed by a team of experts who reviewed existing assessment instruments and relevant research literature. Scale construction and initial validation were conducted with 205 families from pediatric primary care sites and 54 families from referral clinics. A replication sample of 146 additional families were enrolled from an independent set of primary care practices.

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SUBMITTER: Sheldrick RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3763819 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature