ASSESSMENT OF CHILDHOOD DEPRESSION - SAMPLING MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES WITH ONE INSTRUMENT

Citation
Sl. Crowley et Ff. Worchel, ASSESSMENT OF CHILDHOOD DEPRESSION - SAMPLING MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES WITH ONE INSTRUMENT, Journal of psychoeducational assessment, 11(3), 1993, pp. 242-249
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Educational
ISSN journal
07342829
Volume
11
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
242 - 249
Database
ISI
SICI code
0734-2829(1993)11:3<242:AOCD-S>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The low correspondence among reporting sources in the measurement of c hildhood depression is well documented. However, no effort has been ma de to quantify the effects of using different measures with different sources. In this research the administration of the Peer Nomination In ventory of Depression (PNID) was modified to obtain three scores: (1) each child's rating of depression as given by his/her peers; (2) each child's self-rating of depression and (3) the number of times children assigned ratings of depression to others. The Children's Depression I nventory (CDI) was administered for comparative purposes. Results sugg est that differences in test items and formats can explain some, but n ot all, of the low correlations among reporting sources. Gender differ ences in the three modified PNID scores also were investigated.