Sensitivity to change of youth treatment outcome measures: a comparison of the CBCL, BASC-2, and Y-OQ
✍ Scribed by Debra T. McClendon; Jared S. Warren; Katherine M. Green; Gary M. Burlingame; Dennis L. Eggett; Richard J. McClendon
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 207 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9762
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
This study evaluated the relative sensitivity to change of the Child Behavior Checklist/6–18 (CBCL), the Behavior Assessment System for Children‐2 (BASC‐2), and the Youth Outcome Questionnaire 2.01 (Y‐OQ). Participants were 134 parents and 44 adolescents receiving routine outpatient services in a community mental health system. Hierarchical linear modeling analyses were used to examine change trajectories for the 3 measures across 3 groups: parent informants, parent and adolescent dyads, and adolescent informants. Results indicated that for parent‐report measures, the Y‐OQ was most change sensitive; the BASC‐2 and CBCL were not statistically different from each other. Significant differences in change sensitivity were not observed for youth self‐report of symptoms. Results suggest that the Y‐OQ may be particularly useful for evaluating change in overall psychosocial functioning in children and adolescents. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 00:1–15, 2010.