ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHOSOCIAL EXPERIENCES IN CHILDHOOD - METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES AND SOME ILLUSTRATIVE FINDINGS

Authors
SANDBERG S RUTTER M GILES S OWEN A CHAMPION L NICHOLLS J PRIOR V MCGUINNESS D DRINNAN D
Citation
S. Sandberg et al., ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHOSOCIAL EXPERIENCES IN CHILDHOOD - METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES AND SOME ILLUSTRATIVE FINDINGS, Journal of child psychology and psychiatry and allied disciplines, 34(6), 1993, pp. 879-897
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Developmental",Psychiatry
Journal title
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry and allied disciplines → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219630
Volume
34
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
879 - 897
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9630(1993)34:6<879:AOPEIC>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The development of a new standardised investigator-based interview, PA CE (Psychosocial Assessment of Childhood Experiences), for the assessm ent of acute life events and long-term psychosocial experiences is des cribed. An application of PACE to a sample of 84 children referred to psychiatric clinics and 22 general population controls, is presented. Reliability was assessed using a separate clinic sample of 15 child-pa rent pairs. The findings showed that PACE has satisfactory reliability and discriminant validity.