ArticlePediatrics2016
The PSC-17: Subscale Scores, Reliability, and Factor Structure in a New National Sample.
Article in Pediatrics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03481673 (COPE for Children With Asthma), which is not on this map. Cited by 79 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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COPE for Children With Asthma: A Cognitive Behavior Skills-Building
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79 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 176 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Psychometric properties and local normative references of PSC-17, RCADS-25, CATS-2, SNAP-IV, MCHAT-R/F, and CAST: data from a nationwide sample in Greece.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Pediatric Symptom Checklist-17 (PSC-17) is a widely used, briefer version of the PSC-35, a parent-completed measure of children's psychosocial functioning. Despite the extensive use of the PSC-17 over the past 15 years there has not been a large-scale replication of the original derivation study.
objectiveTo examine the prevalence of positive screens, reliability, and factor structure of PSC-17 scores in a new national sample and compare them with the derivation sample.
methodsData were collected on 80 680 pediatric outpatients, ages 4 to 15 years, whose parents filled out the PSC-17 from 2006 to 2015 via the Child Health and Development Interactive System, an electronic system that presents and scores clinical measures.
resultsThe rates of positive screening on the overall PSC-17 (11.6%) and on the internalizing (10.4%) and attention (9.1%) subscales were comparable to rates found in the original sample, although the rate of externalizing problems (10.2%) was lower than in the derivation study. Reliability was high (internal consistency 0.89; test-retest 0.85), and a confirmatory factor analysis provided support for the original 3-factor model.
conclusionsFifteen years after the PSC-17 was derived in a large nationally representative outpatient pediatric sample, a new and larger national sample found rates of positive screening, reliability, and factor structure that were comparable. Findings from this study support the continued use of the PSC-17 clinically as a screening tool in pediatric settings and in research.
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