A psychometric evaluation of the interRAI Child and Youth Mental Health instruments (ChYMH) anxiety scale in children with and without developmental disabilities.
BMC Psychiatry
; 20(1): 390, 2020 07 29.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
With 10 to 20% of Canadian children suffering with mental illness, the importance of early identification and accurate assessment systems is clear. Unfortunately, many do not receive the mental health treatment necessary and wait-times for assessment can span up to a year. In response, the interRAI suite of assessments were designed to comprehensively assess early signs of mental health impairments in children from birth to 18 years.METHODS:
This study assesses the psychometric properties of the Anxiety Scale and addresses the identification of anxiety within children diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD); a commonly underrepresented sample in mental health psychometric studies. Data was collected from children aged 4-18 years in three different samples.RESULTS:
Results indicated reliable internal consistency and factor structure, as well as moderate-to-strong convergent validity.CONCLUSIONS:
We conclude that the Anxiety Scale exhibits psychometric qualities which demonstrate its clinical utility for use within a child sample, as well as in children with IDD. The findings provide support to a larger body of research which show consistent psychometric rigour of the interRAI measures.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Discapacidades del Desarrollo
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Salud Mental
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Psychiatry
Asunto de la revista:
PSIQUIATRIA
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Canadá