Elternversion des Depressions-Inventars für Kinder und Jugendliche (DIKJ)

TY - JOUR

T1 - Elternversion des Depressions-Inventars für Kinder und Jugendliche (DIKJ)

AU - Weitkamp, Katharina

AU - Romer, Georg

AU - Rosenthal, Sandra

AU - Wiegand-Grefe, Silke

AU - Daniels, Judith K

PY - 2012/9

Y1 - 2012/9

N2 - OBJECTIVE: The psychometric properties and crossinformant agreement of the adapted parent version of the German Child Depression Inventory (DIKJ) were assessed in a clinical sample with various psychiatric diagnoses.METHOD: 129 parents were included in the study, each with a child or adolescent (7 to 18 years old) in outpatient psychotherapy. In 80 cases both parent and self-report was available. Participants filled out the DIKJ as well as the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)/Youth Self Report (YSR) at the beginning of therapy.RESULTS: The parent version of the DIKJ proved to be reliable as well as convergently and divergently valid: moderate to high correlations with the internalising sacles of the CBCL and low correlations with the externalising scale of the CBCL. The findings were similar for both parent and self-ratings. Intraclass correlations between parent and child ratings were moderate. DIKJ scores above the cut-off corresponded with the diagnostic status from the K-SADS diagnostic interview in 59% of the self-reports and 57% of the parent reports.CONCLUSIONS: The DIKJ parent version shows promising reliability and validity in a clinical setting. The DIKJ may be used as a biperspective instrument to screen for depressive symptoms. However, the cut-off should be re-examined.

AB - OBJECTIVE: The psychometric properties and crossinformant agreement of the adapted parent version of the German Child Depression Inventory (DIKJ) were assessed in a clinical sample with various psychiatric diagnoses.METHOD: 129 parents were included in the study, each with a child or adolescent (7 to 18 years old) in outpatient psychotherapy. In 80 cases both parent and self-report was available. Participants filled out the DIKJ as well as the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)/Youth Self Report (YSR) at the beginning of therapy.RESULTS: The parent version of the DIKJ proved to be reliable as well as convergently and divergently valid: moderate to high correlations with the internalising sacles of the CBCL and low correlations with the externalising scale of the CBCL. The findings were similar for both parent and self-ratings. Intraclass correlations between parent and child ratings were moderate. DIKJ scores above the cut-off corresponded with the diagnostic status from the K-SADS diagnostic interview in 59% of the self-reports and 57% of the parent reports.CONCLUSIONS: The DIKJ parent version shows promising reliability and validity in a clinical setting. The DIKJ may be used as a biperspective instrument to screen for depressive symptoms. However, the cut-off should be re-examined.

KW - Adolescent

KW - Child

KW - Cross-Cultural Comparison

KW - Depressive Disorder

KW - Female

KW - Germany

KW - Humans

KW - Interview, Psychological

KW - Male

KW - Mass Screening

KW - Observer Variation

KW - Personality Assessment

KW - Personality Inventory

KW - Psychoanalytic Therapy

KW - Reproducibility of Results

KW - Translating

KW - Comparative Study

KW - English Abstract

KW - Journal Article

KW - Validation Studies

U2 - 10.1024/1422-4917/a000188

DO - 10.1024/1422-4917/a000188

M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz

C2 - 22869225

VL - 40

SP - 315

EP - 323

JO - Z KINDER JUG-PSYCH

JF - Z KINDER JUG-PSYCH

SN - 1422-4917

IS - 5

M1 - 5

ER -