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Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access published online on August 28, 2007
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Pediatric Psychology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Evidence-Based Assessment in Pediatric Psychology: Measures of Psychosocial Adjustment and Psychopathology

Grayson N. Holmbeck, PhD1, Azure Welborn Thill, PhD2, Pamela Bachanas, PhD3,*, Judy Garber, PhD4, Karen Bearman Miller, PhD5, Mona Abad, MA1, Elizabeth Franks Bruno, PhD1, Jocelyn Smith Carter, MS4, Corinne David-Ferdon, PhD3,*, Barbara Jandasek, MA1, Jean E. Mennuti-Washburn, BA3, Kerry O’Mahar, MA1 and Jill Zukerman, MA1

1Department of Psychology, Loyola University Chicago, 2North Central College, 3Emory University School of Medicine, 4Vanderbilt University and 5The Center for Child Development

All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Grayson N. Holmbeck, PhD, Loyola University Chicago, Department of Psychology, 6525 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60626, USA. E-mail: gholmbe{at}luc.edu


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Objective To provide an evidence-based review of measures of psychosocial adjustment and psychopathology, with a specific focus on their use in the field of pediatric psychology. MethodsAs part of a larger survey of pediatric psychologists from the Society of Pediatric Psychology e-mail listserv (American Psychological Association, APA, Division 54), 37 measures were selected for this psychometric review. Measures that qualified for the review fell into one of the following three categories: (a) internalizing or externalizing rating scales, (b) broad-band rating scales, and (c) self-related rating scales. ResultsPsychometric characteristics (i.e., three types of reliability, two types of validity) were strong for the majority of measures reviewed, with 34 of the 37 measures meeting "well-established" evidence-based assessment (EBA) criteria. Strengths and weaknesses of existing measures were noted. ConclusionsRecommendations for future work in this area of assessment are presented, including suggestions that more fine-grained EBA criteria be developed and that evidence-based "profiles" be devised for each measure.

Key words: adjustment; assessment; evidence-based; measurement; pediatric; psychometric; psychopathology..

Authors 3–5 are members of our APA Division 54 Evidence-Based Assessment Task Force Workgroup and are listed alphabetically by last name; their contributions were equivalent. Authors 6–13 are also listed alphabetically by last name; their contributions were equivalent.

*Present address: Team Leader, Prevention with HIV Infected Individuals and Families HIV Prevention Branch, Global AIDS Program Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road, MS E-04 Atlanta, GA 30333.

Received September 1, 2006; revision received May 17, 2007; accepted July 5, 2007


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