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Sensitivity of clinically hospitalized adolescents' self‐report measures to change over time
Author(s) -
Nelson W. M.,
Renzenbrink G.,
Kapp C. J.
Publication year - 1995
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(199511)51:6<753::aid-jclp2270510605>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - psychology , negative affectivity , clinical psychology , beck anxiety inventory , anxiety , depression (economics) , self report study , beck depression inventory , rating scale , brief psychiatric rating scale , psychiatry , psychometrics , personality assessment inventory , developmental psychology , personality , social psychology , psychosis , economics , macroeconomics
Twenty‐five psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents were assessed on three separate occasions (approximately 2 weeks apart) using the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (R‐CMAS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and Children's Attributional Styles Questionnaire Revised (KASTAN) within 1 week of hospitalization. Attending clinicians also rated each subject concurrently on the Anxiety and Depression factors of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale for Children (BPRS‐C). Results indicated only modest agreement between self‐report measures and clinician ratings over time. Clinician ratings on both BPRS‐C factors changed significantly over time, while, of the self‐report measures, only the R‐CMAS evidenced significant change. Results were discussed in terms of the construct of “negative affectivity,” method variance in assessment, and clinical implications.