Document Type
Research Paper
Abstract
To date, there is little information to validate the newly developed Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC) and Child Depression Inventory (CDI). Prior validation used high school children but did not include the target population, psychiatric inpatient children. The goals of the present study were to examine:(]) internal consistency, (2) test-retest reliability, and (3) convergent and discriminant validity of the MASC and CDI Participants were boys and girls, ages 8 to 14, whom had been given a range of DSM diagnoses. They completed two self-report measures; the 39-item MASC and the 27-item Child Depression Inventory (CDI), to determine if these measures can distinguish between individuals with high and low levels of anxiety and depression. Results will demonstrate any limitations of the two measures.
Publication Date
2001
Journal Title
Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference
Volume
5
Issue
1
First Page
197
Last Page
200
Copyright
©2001 by the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Publisher
University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Recommended Citation
Young, Brandon; Hoeger, Nic; Linn, Alyssa; Wachter, Erica; Filhiol, Amy J.; and Silich, Natalie P.
(2001)
"Validation of Measures of Anxiety and Depression with Psychiatric Inpatient Children,"
Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference: Vol. 5:
Iss.
1, Article 35.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/csbsproceedings/vol5/iss1/35
