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Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Vol. 28, No. 6, 2003, pp. 413-422
© 2003 Society of Pediatric Psychology

The Children's Somatization Inventory: Further Evidence for Its Reliability and Validity in a Pediatric and a Community Sample of Dutch Children and Adolescents

Cor Meesters, PHD, Peter Muris, PHD, Alex Ghys, MSc, Thirza Reumerman, MSc and Marleen Rooijmans, MSc

Department of Medical, Clinical, and Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University

All correspondence should be sent to Dr. Cor Meesters, Department of Medical, Clinical, and Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. E-mail: c.meesters{at}dep.unimaas.nl

Objective To examine the psychometric properties of the Children's Somatization Inventory (CSI) in the Netherlands. Method The CSI and a number of personality and psychopathology questionnaires were administered to Dutch schoolchildren (N = 479), children referred to a pediatric clinic (N = 63), and children's parents. Results Factor analysis yielded a number of factors that have also been found in previous research, viz., pain/weakness, gastrointestinal symptoms, and pseudoneurological symptoms. The reliability (internal consistency) of the CSI was satisfactory. Furthermore, support was obtained for the validity of the CSI. More specifically, the scale correlated in a theoretically meaningful way with child and parent reports of personality and psychopathology, and discriminated well between healthy and pediatric children. Finally, highly similar psychometric properties were obtained for the Parent version of the CSI (i.e., PCSI). Conclusion The Dutch version of the CSI seems to be a reliable and valid self-report measure for assessing somatization symptoms in children and adolescents.

Key words: somatization symptoms; Children's Somatization Inventory; children.


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