Measuring Somatic Complaints in Primary School Children: Validation and Revision of the German Children's Somatization Inventory (CSI) and its Parental Version
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Measuring Somatic Complaints in Primary School Children: Validation and Revision of the German Children's Somatization Inventory (CSI) and its Parental Version. / Gulewitsch, Marco Daniel; Rosenkranz, Tabea; Barkmann, Claus; Schlarb, Angelika Anita.
In: CHILD PSYCHIAT HUM D, Vol. 46, 10.2015, p. 786-799.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Measuring Somatic Complaints in Primary School Children: Validation and Revision of the German Children's Somatization Inventory (CSI) and its Parental Version
AU - Gulewitsch, Marco Daniel
AU - Rosenkranz, Tabea
AU - Barkmann, Claus
AU - Schlarb, Angelika Anita
PY - 2015/10
Y1 - 2015/10
N2 - The objective was a psychometric examination of a German translation of the Children's Somatization Inventory (CSI) and its parents' version (P-CSI) and a replication of the item selection process of Walker et al. in J Pediatr Psychol 34:430-440 [5] for their revised version to create shorter German versions. Based on a school sample of 1,539 parents and 731 children, we explored the psychometric properties and dimensionality of the original and a shortened revised version. A clinical sample of 70 parental reports served as an additional sample. Walker et al.'s item selection could be largely replicated. Dimensionality differed between samples and versions (original vs. revised), but original DSM-III symptom clusters could mostly be identified. Symptom intensity was associated with age and mental health. Internal consistency, test-retest- and inter-rater reliability were good. Both German versions, the CSI and the P-CSI can be regarded as a useful screening instrument for somatic complaints in children.
AB - The objective was a psychometric examination of a German translation of the Children's Somatization Inventory (CSI) and its parents' version (P-CSI) and a replication of the item selection process of Walker et al. in J Pediatr Psychol 34:430-440 [5] for their revised version to create shorter German versions. Based on a school sample of 1,539 parents and 731 children, we explored the psychometric properties and dimensionality of the original and a shortened revised version. A clinical sample of 70 parental reports served as an additional sample. Walker et al.'s item selection could be largely replicated. Dimensionality differed between samples and versions (original vs. revised), but original DSM-III symptom clusters could mostly be identified. Symptom intensity was associated with age and mental health. Internal consistency, test-retest- and inter-rater reliability were good. Both German versions, the CSI and the P-CSI can be regarded as a useful screening instrument for somatic complaints in children.
U2 - 10.1007/s10578-014-0520-0
DO - 10.1007/s10578-014-0520-0
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 25416581
VL - 46
SP - 786
EP - 799
JO - CHILD PSYCHIAT HUM D
JF - CHILD PSYCHIAT HUM D
SN - 0009-398X
ER -