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THE VALIDITY OF DEPRESSIVE DISORDER IN CHILDHOOD AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SELF‐RATING SCALE: A RESEARCH REPORT
Author(s) -
Birleson Peter
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1981.tb00533.x
Subject(s) - psychology , rating scale , construct validity , validation test , test validity , psychometrics , construct (python library) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , developmental psychology , computer science , programming language
SUMMARY An operational definition of depressive disorder was used to define a group of prepubertal children attending a hospital‐based out‐patient child psychiatry clinic. The construct validity of depressive disorder in childhood was demonstrated by comparing this group with a matched control group on historical and clinical data.