Criterion validity of the Mood and Feelings Questionnaire for depressive episodes in clinic and non-clinic subjects

• Published in: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry Vol. 47; no. 9; pp. 927 - 934
• Main Authors: Burleson Daviss, W., Birmaher, Boris, Melhem, Nadine A., Axelson, David A., Michaels, Shana M., Brent, David A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2006; Wiley-Blackwell; Blackwell
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; assessment; Attitude; Beck Depression Inventory; Behavior Rating Scales; Biological and medical sciences; Check Lists; Child; Child Behavior; Child Behavior Checklist; Child psychology; Children; Demography; Depression; Depression (Psychology); Depression - diagnosis; Depression - epidemiology; Emotional Disturbances; Female; Humans; Interview, Psychological; Interviews; Male; Medical sciences; Mental depression; Mood disorders; Mood Disorders - diagnosis; Mood Disorders - epidemiology; Mood Disorders - psychology; Pediatric depression; Predictive Validity; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Questionnaires; reliability; Reproducibility of Results; ROC Curve; Semi Structured Interviews; Severity of Illness Index; Statistical Analysis; Surveys and Questionnaires; Validity; Mood disorder; Human; Affect affectivity; Evaluation; Pediatrics; Questionnaire; reliability; Depression; Psychometrics; Pediatric depression; Test reliability; Test validation; assessment; Mood; validity; Child; Predictive validity

Background:  Previous measures of pediatric depression have shown inconsistent validity in groups with differing demographics, comorbid diagnoses, and clinic or non‐clinic origins. The current study re‐examines the criterion validity of child‐ and parent‐versions of the Mood and Feelings Questionnai...