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Reliability and validity of the primar/ secondary alcoholism classification questionnaire and the Hk/ MBD childhood symptoms checklist
Author(s) -
De Obaldia Ricardo,
Parsons Oscar A.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198409)40:5<1257::aid-jclp2270400524>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - checklist , psychology , clinical psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , psychometrics , test validity , test (biology) , psychiatry , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , cognitive psychology , biology
Primary vs. Secondary Alcoholism and claimed childhood symptoms of hyperkinesis/ minimal brain dysfunction (Hk/ MBD) have been shown to predict cognitive differences in alcoholics. The reliability and validity of the methods used to measure these variables were investigated in three separate studies. High test‐retest reliability of the Primary/ Secondary Classification Questionnaire and the Hk/MBD Childhood Symptoms Checklist was found in the first study ( N = 45). In the second, the validity of the Hk/MBD Checklist was investigated by comparing childhood symptoms claimed by the alcoholics with those ascribed by relatives to them ( N = 53). A significant positive correlation was found. Finally, a satisfactory percent agreement between the Primary/Secondary Classification Questionnaire and a clinical interview to elicit the same information was obtained in two samples ( N =38). These self‐administered instruments, the Primary/Secondary Classification Questionnaire and the Hk/MBD Childhood Symptoms Checklist, should prove useful in future research on diagnosis and treatment of alcoholism.