The OADP-CDS: A brief screener for adolescent conduct disorder

Objectives: To examine the ability of a very brief (6-item) self-report scr eener. the Oregon Adolescent Depression Project Conduct Disorder Screener ( OADP-CDS), to identify adolescents with a lifetime diagnosis of conduct dis order and to examine its ability to predict antisocial personality disorder by age 24. Relevant scales from the Youth Self-Report and the Child Behavi or Checklist were examined for comparison purposes. Method: A total of 1,70 9 high school students completed an initial questionnaire and diagnostic in terview assessment (T-1); 1,507 participants returned approximately 1 year later for a second assessment (T-2) A third (T-3) assessment was conducted with selected T-2 participants (n = 940) after they had turned 24 years of age. Results: The OADP-CDS had good internal consistency, test-retest stabi lity, and screening properties. Differences in the screening ability of the OADP-CDS as a function of gender and social desirability were nonsignifica nt. The efficacy of the measure as a screener did not differ significantly from that of longer adolescent- and parent-report measures. Perhaps most im portantly. the OADP-CDS was able to identify future cases of antisocial per sonality disorder in young adulthood. Conclusions: Results suggest that sel f-report screening for conduct disorder with older adolescents is possible and should be explored further.