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Convergence of the Child Behavior Checklist with Structured Interview‐based Psychiatric Diagnoses of ADHD Children with and without Comorbidity
Author(s) -
Biederman Joseph,
Faraone Stephen V.,
Doyle Alysa,
Lehman Belinda Krifcher,
Kraus Ilana,
Perrin James,
Tsuang Ming T.
Publication year - 1993
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.1469-7610.1993.tb01785.x
Subject(s) - cbcl , comorbidity , child behavior checklist , medical diagnosis , psychology , anxiety , psychiatry , clinical psychology , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , depression (economics) , medicine , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
— We evaluated the convergence of CBCL scales with the diagnosis of ADHD and comorbid disorders in 133 ADHD and 118 normal control boys, aged 6–17 years old. We evaluated the strength of association between each CBCL scale and structured‐interview derived diagnoses with Total Predictive Value (TPV) and the odds‐ratio (OR). Excellent convergence was found between the GBGL Attention Problems scale with the diagnosis of ADHD, between the Delinquent Behaviour scale and the diagnosis of CD, and between die Anxiety/Depression scale and the diagnoses of Anxiety Disorders. These findings indicate that the CBCL could serve as a rapid and useful screening instrument to identity comoribid and non‐comorbid cases of ADHD.