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Genachowski, Karen J.; Starin, Nina S.; Cummings, Colleen M.; Alvord, Mary K.; Rich, Brendan A. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2023
Multi-informant reports of student emotional and behavioral problems determine eligibility for school-based services; however, multiple informants often yield inconsistent reports of child concerns. Informant discrepancies are thought to reflect either measurement error or meaningful differences (e.g., situational variation). It is important to…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Psychological Evaluation, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Emotional Disturbances
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Yaylaci, Ferhat; Miral, Suha – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
Aim of this study was to compare children diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) according to DSM-IV-TR and DSM-5 diagnostic systems. One hundred fifty children aged between 3 and 15 years diagnosed with PDD by DSM-IV-TR were included. PDD symptoms were reviewed through psychiatric assessment based on DSM-IV-TR and DSM-5 criteria.…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Early Adolescents
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Legerstee, Jeroen S.; Garnefski, Nadia; Verhulst, Frank C.; Utens, Elisabeth M. W. J. – Journal of Adolescence, 2011
The present study investigated differences in cognitive coping strategies between anxiety-disordered and non-anxious adolescents. In addition, the interaction effect with gender as well as differences between specific anxiety diagnoses was examined. A clinical sample of 159 anxiety-disordered adolescents and a general community sample of 370…
Descriptors: Psychological Evaluation, Adolescents, Coping, Anxiety Disorders
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Russell, Ginny; Norwich, Brahm; Gwernan-Jones, Ruth – Early Child Development and Care, 2012
A six-year-old child was independently assessed by three licensed educational (school) psychologists and one interdisciplinary team in the UK. All but one of these practitioners believed their assessment to be the first. The aim was to compare the practice of assessors and their conclusions especially in diagnostic categorisation. The methods of…
Descriptors: Identification, Learning Problems, Foreign Countries, Asperger Syndrome
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Shashi, V.; Veerapandiyan, A.; Schoch, K.; Kwapil, T.; Keshavan, M.; Ip, E.; Hooper, S. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2012
Background: Although distinctive neuropsychological impairments have been delineated in children with chromosome 22q11 deletion syndrome (22q11DS), social skills and social cognition remain less well-characterised. Objective: To examine social skills and social cognition and their relationship with neuropsychological function/behaviour and…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Control Groups, Check Lists
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Krol, Nicole P. C. M.; De Bruyn, Eric E. J.; Coolen, Jolanda C.; van Aarle, Edward J. M. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2006
The screening efficiency of 2 methods to convert Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) assessment data into Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed. [DSM-IV]; American Psychiatric Association, 1994) diagnoses was compared. The Machine-Aided Diagnosis (MAD) method converts CBCL input data directly into DSM-IV symptom criteria. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Methods, Data, Psychological Evaluation
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Factor, David C.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1989
This study diagnosed 39 autistic adolescents using both the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) and the revised version (DSM-III-R) criteria. New DSM-III-R criteria include both verbal and nonverbal impairments, stressing communication and its social use. DSM-III criteria identified 25 children as autistic, while DSM-III-R…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Clinical Diagnosis, Comparative Analysis
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Aegisdottir, Stefania; White, Michael J.; Spengler, Paul M.; Maugherman, Alan S.; Anderson, Linda A.; Cook, Robert S.; Nichols, Cassandra N.; Lampropoulos, Georgios K.; Walker, Blain S.; Cohen, Genna; Rush, Jeffrey D. – Counseling Psychologist, 2006
Clinical predictions made by mental health practitioners are compared with those using statistical approaches. Sixty-seven studies were identified from a comprehensive search of 56 years of research; 92 effect sizes were derived from these studies. The overall effect of clinical versus statistical prediction showed a somewhat greater accuracy for…
Descriptors: Counseling Psychology, Effect Size, Meta Analysis, Psychological Evaluation
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Gotlib, Ian H.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1995
Compares the functioning of true-positive, false-positive, and true-negative adolescents on clinical and psychosocial functioning. False-positive persons did not differ significantly from the true-positive (diagnosed) participants on most of the measures of psychosocial dysfunction, indicating that "false positive" is not a benign…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Clinical Diagnosis, Clinical Psychology, Comparative Analysis