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The Reliability and Validity of Kiddie‐Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia ‐ Present and Life‐time Version ‐ Persian Version
Author(s) -
Shahrivar Zahra,
Kousha Maryam,
Moallemi Shirin,
TehraniDoost Mehdi,
AlaghbandRad Javad
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
child and adolescent mental health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1475-3588
pISSN - 1475-357X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2008.00518.x
Subject(s) - schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia , persian , reliability (semiconductor) , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , medical diagnosis , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , validity , psychometrics , medicine , anxiety , linguistics , philosophy , power (physics) , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics
Background: The validity and reliability of a Persian version of the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia‐Present and Lifetime Version (K‐SADS‐PL‐P) was evaluated. Method: The K‐SADS‐PL‐P was administered to 102 inpatients (mean age = 15.3 yrs, SD = 1.81) in a child and adolescent psychiatric ward. The psychometric properties were evaluated in comparison to the results of clinical diagnosis. Results: The K‐SADS‐PL‐P showed good‐to‐excellent concurrent validity in diagnosing current major disorders. Test‐retest reliabilities of most of the current diagnoses were also good to excellent. Conclusion: The Persian version of the K‐SADS‐PL provides reliable and valid youth psychiatric diagnoses.