Computerized Adaptive Tests for Rapid and Accurate Assessment of Psychopathology Dimensions in Youth.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

At least half of youths with mental disorders are unrecognized and untreated. Rapid, accurate assessment of child mental disorders could facilitate identification and referral and potentially reduce the occurrence of functional disability that stems from early-onset mental disorders.

Method

Computerized adaptive tests (CATs) based on multidimensional item response theory were developed for depression, anxiety, mania/hypomania, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and suicidality, based on parent and child ratings of 1,060 items each. In phase 1, CATs were developed from 801 participants. In phase 2, predictive, discriminant, and convergent validity were tested against semi-structured research interviews for diag

SUBMITTER: Gibbons RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7042076 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature