Considering the clinical utility of performance-based measures of childhood anxiety

Citation
Mw. Vasey et Cj. Lonigan, Considering the clinical utility of performance-based measures of childhood anxiety, J CLIN CHIL, 29(4), 2000, pp. 493-508
Citations number
97
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN journal
0047228X → ACNP
Volume
29
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
493 - 508
Database
ISI
SICI code
0047-228X(200012)29:4<493:CTCUOP>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Examines general issues regarding the clinical utility of performance-based measures and specifically considers the utility of performance measures re levant to childhood anxiety and fear First, we discuss the limitations of q uestionnaire and interview measures of childhood anxiety and the ways in wh ich performance-based measures may compensate for or augment the use of suc h measures. Second, we review the major groups of performance-based measure s that are potentially relevant to childhood anxiety and discuss evidence r egarding their reliability and validity. Third, in the context of a general discussion of the various ways in which an assessment procedure may have c linical utility, we discuss the extent to which the performance-based techn iques revieved possess utility. Although many of these measures show promis e of one or more types of clinical utility none currently possess sufficien t documented utility to warrant their dissemination for clinical use. We co nclude by recommending directions for future research to demonstrate and im prove the utility of such measures.