Assessment of Psychosocial Experiences in Childhood: Methodological Issues and Some Illustrative Findings
- 1 September 1993
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Vol. 34 (6) , 879-897
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1993.tb01096.x
Abstract
The development of a new standardised investigator-based interview, PACE (Psychosocial Assessment of Childhood Experiences), for the assessment of acute life events and long-term psychosocial experiences is described. An application of PACE to a sample of 84 children referred to psychiatric clinics and 22 general population controls, is presented. Reliability was assessed using a separate clinic sample of 15 child-parent pairs. The findings showed that PACE has satisfactory reliability and discriminant validity.Keywords
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