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The Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC‐2.1) in Spanish: Reliability in a Hispanic Population
Author(s) -
Ribera Julio C.,
Canino Glorisa,
RubioStipec Maritza,
Bravo Milagros,
Bauermeister José J.,
Alegría Margarita,
Woodbury Michel,
Huertas Sara,
Guevara Luz M.,
Bird Héctor R.,
Freeman Daniel,
Shrout Patrick E.
Publication year - 1996
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.1469-7610.1996.tb01391.x
Subject(s) - psychology , interview , reliability (semiconductor) , puerto rican , clinical psychology , population , psychiatry , demography , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology , political science , anthropology , law
The reliability across time, informants and interviewers of the Spanish translation of the DISC‐2.1 was tested on a Puerto Rican Hispanic sample using a test‐retest design. Levels of reliability between clinic ant) community samples and between younger and older children were compared to explore the sources of low reliability for certain psychiatric disorders. Parents’ reports tended to be mare reliable than those of their children, although the difference was less obvious with older children. Reliability was generally higher for the externalizing disorders and when the second interviewer was a psychiatrist rather than a lay interviewer.