THE DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR CHILDREN REVISED VERSION (DISC-R) .3. CONCURRENT CRITERION VALIDITY

Citation
J. Piacentini et al., THE DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR CHILDREN REVISED VERSION (DISC-R) .3. CONCURRENT CRITERION VALIDITY, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 32(3), 1993, pp. 658-665
Citations number
22
ISSN journal
08908567
Volume
32
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
658 - 665
Database
ISI
SICI code
0890-8567(1993)32:3<658:TDISFC>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Objective: To examine the concurrent criterion validity of the Revised Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC-R), a structured lay -administered instrument designed for use in community studies, under conditions designed to provide strict controls for information and met hod variance. Method: The DISC-R was compared with a semistructured cl inical interview that covered a similar information base as the DISC-R , used standardized ratings to record symptom information, and, simila r to the DISC-R, was scored by DSM-III-R-based computerized diagnostic algorithms. Subjects were 74 child and adolescent clinic attendees an d their adult custodians. Results: Overall, moderate levels of agreeme nt were found between DISC-R and clinician-generated diagnoses; these findings were tempered, however, by the fact that the validation inter view was less reliable than the DISC-R. Conclusions: Although these fi ndings provide preliminary support for the use of die DISC-R, they cas t some doubt on the adequacy of clinician-generated diagnoses as valid ation criteria and suggest that alternate approaches to the assessment of validation should be pursued.