The PSC-17: Subscale Scores, Reliability, and Factor Structure in a New National Sample.

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PMID: 27519444Institution: MedStar Health Research InstituteForm of publication: Journal ArticleMedline article type(s): Comparative Study | Journal ArticleSubject headings: *Neurodevelopmental Disorders/di [Diagnosis] | *Psychiatric Status Rating Scales | Adolescent | Checklist | Child | Child, Preschool | Factor Analysis, Statistical | Female | Humans | Male | Neurodevelopmental Disorders/ep [Epidemiology] | Prevalence | Reproducibility of Results | United States/ep [Epidemiology]Year: 2016Local holdings: Available online from the MWHC library: 1948 - present, Available in print through MWHC library: 1999 - 2006ISSN:
  • 0031-4005
Name of journal: PediatricsAbstract: BACKGROUND: The Pediatric Symptom Checklist-17 (PSC-17) is a widely used, briefer version of the PSC-35, a parent-completed measure of children's psychosocial functioning. Despite the extensive use of the PSC-17 over the past 15 years there has not been a large-scale replication of the original derivation study.CONCLUSIONS: Fifteen years after the PSC-17 was derived in a large nationally representative outpatient pediatric sample, a new and larger national sample found rates of positive screening, reliability, and factor structure that were comparable. Findings from this study support the continued use of the PSC-17 clinically as a screening tool in pediatric settings and in research.Copyright © 2016 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.METHODS: Data were collected on 80680 pediatric outpatients, ages 4 to 15 years, whose parents filled out the PSC-17 from 2006 to 2015 via the Child Health and Development Interactive System, an electronic system that presents and scores clinical measures.OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence of positive screens, reliability, and factor structure of PSC-17 scores in a new national sample and compare them with the derivation sample.RESULTS: The rates of positive screening on the overall PSC-17 (11.6%) and on the internalizing (10.4%) and attention (9.1%) subscales were comparable to rates found in the original sample, although the rate of externalizing problems (10.2%) was lower than in the derivation study. Reliability was high (internal consistency 0.89; test-retest 0.85), and a confirmatory factor analysis provided support for the original 3-factor model.All authors: Abel MR, Bergmann P, Chiang C, Howard B, Jellinek M, Murphy JM, Sturner RFiscal year: FY2017Digital Object Identifier: Date added to catalog: 2017-07-07
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BACKGROUND: The Pediatric Symptom Checklist-17 (PSC-17) is a widely used, briefer version of the PSC-35, a parent-completed measure of children's psychosocial functioning. Despite the extensive use of the PSC-17 over the past 15 years there has not been a large-scale replication of the original derivation study.

CONCLUSIONS: Fifteen years after the PSC-17 was derived in a large nationally representative outpatient pediatric sample, a new and larger national sample found rates of positive screening, reliability, and factor structure that were comparable. Findings from this study support the continued use of the PSC-17 clinically as a screening tool in pediatric settings and in research.

Copyright © 2016 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

METHODS: Data were collected on 80680 pediatric outpatients, ages 4 to 15 years, whose parents filled out the PSC-17 from 2006 to 2015 via the Child Health and Development Interactive System, an electronic system that presents and scores clinical measures.

OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence of positive screens, reliability, and factor structure of PSC-17 scores in a new national sample and compare them with the derivation sample.

RESULTS: The rates of positive screening on the overall PSC-17 (11.6%) and on the internalizing (10.4%) and attention (9.1%) subscales were comparable to rates found in the original sample, although the rate of externalizing problems (10.2%) was lower than in the derivation study. Reliability was high (internal consistency 0.89; test-retest 0.85), and a confirmatory factor analysis provided support for the original 3-factor model.

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