Children's Depression Inventory: Stability Over Repeated Administration in Psychiatric Inpatient Children
- 1 September 1990
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Clinical Child Psychology
- Vol. 19 (3) , 254-256
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15374424jccp1903_8
Abstract
Assessed the test-retest reliability of the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) in 96 psychiatrically hospitalized children 6 to 15 years of age. All children completed the CDI initially and after 10- and 30-day intervals. Stability coefficients for the overall group ranged from .62 for the shorter interval down to .47 for the longer one. Stability between the 10- and 30-day administrations was somewhat lower for boys. CDI scores decreased significantly from the initial time of assessment to the administrations 10- and 30-days later. Results were compared to previous CDI studies, and specific implications for those employing the CDI as a treatment outcome measure or in establishing "depressed" groups for research were discussed.Keywords
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