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Comparative Study
. 1991 Jul:(11):36-40.

Reliability and validity of two self-rating scales in the assessment of childhood depression

T Fundudis  1 , T P Berney, I Kolvin, O O Famuyiwa, L Barrett, S Bhate, S P Tyrer
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  • PMID: 1840756
Comparative Study

Reliability and validity of two self-rating scales in the assessment of childhood depression

T Fundudis et al. Br J Psychiatry Suppl. 1991 Jul.

Abstract

A comparison was made of the reliability and validity of two self-rating scales, the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) and Depression Self-Rating Scale (DSRS), in the diagnosis of depression in 93 children (aged 8-16 years) attending a university child psychiatry department. The two scales were of comparable merit but had only moderate discrimination between depressed and non-depressed children, with each scale having a misclassification rate of 25%. Better agreement was obtained in more verbally intelligent children, irrespective of age. Girls scored higher on the instruments than boys. No significant relationship was found between teacher assessment of classroom behaviour and the two self-rating depression instruments.

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