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ArticleJournal of abnormal child psychology2017

Incremental Validity of Teacher and Parent Symptom and Impairment Ratings when Screening for Mental Health Difficulties.

Madison Aitken, Rhonda Martinussen, Rosemary Tannock

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Article in Journal of abnormal child psychology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Madison AitkenDepartment of Applied Psychology and Human Development, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 252 Bloor Street West, 9th floor, Toronto, ON, M5S 1V6, Canada. madison.aitken@mail.utoronto.ca.
Rhonda MartinussenDepartment of Applied Psychology and Human Development, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 252 Bloor Street West, 9th floor, Toronto, ON, M5S 1V6, Canada.
Rosemary TannockDepartment of Applied Psychology and Human Development, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 252 Bloor Street West, 9th floor, Toronto, ON, M5S 1V6, Canada.

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Abstract

Although universal screening for mental health difficulties is increasingly recognized as a way to identify children who are at risk and provide early intervention, little research exists to inform decisions about screening, such as the choice of informants and the type of information collected. The present study examined the incremental validity of teacher- and parent-rated (primarily mothers) symptoms and impairment in a non-referred sample of early elementary school children (n = 320, 49 % boys, ages 6 to 9) in terms of predicting impairment as rated by a different teacher 1 year later. Teacher-rated symptoms and impairment and parent-rated impairment were each unique predictors of later impairment; however, parent-rated symptoms did not contribute to the prediction of later impairment above and beyond these other indicators. The results indicate that, when screening for mental health difficulties in the school system, impairment ratings collected across settings add useful information, but it may not be necessary to use parent symptom ratings when teacher symptom ratings are available.

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ChildFemaleHumansMaleMental DisordersParentsPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesReproducibility of ResultsSchool TeachersImpairmentIncremental validityMultiple informantsScreeningSymptoms

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