@article{ref1,
title="The PSC-17: subscale scores, reliability, and factor structure in a new national sample",
journal="Pediatrics",
year="2016",
author="Murphy, J. Michael and Bergmann, Paul and Chiang, Cindy and Sturner, Raymond and Howard, Barbara and Abel, Madelaine R. and Jellinek, Michael",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The Pediatric Symptom Checklist-17 (PSC-17) is a widely used, briefer version of the PSC-35, a parent-completed measure of children's psychosocial functioning. Despite the extensive use of the PSC-17 over the past 15 years there has not been a large-scale replication of the original derivation study. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence of positive screens, reliability, and factor structure of PSC-17 scores in a new national sample and compare them with the derivation sample. <br><br>METHODS: Data were collected on 80 680 pediatric outpatients, ages 4 to 15 years, whose parents filled out the PSC-17 from 2006 to 2015 via the Child Health and Development Interactive System, an electronic system that presents and scores clinical measures. <br><br>RESULTS: The rates of positive screening on the overall PSC-17 (11.6%) and on the internalizing (10.4%) and attention (9.1%) subscales were comparable to rates found in the original sample, although the rate of externalizing problems (10.2%) was lower than in the derivation study. Reliability was high (internal consistency 0.89; test-retest 0.85), and a confirmatory factor analysis provided support for the original 3-factor model. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Fifteen years after the PSC-17 was derived in a large nationally representative outpatient pediatric sample, a new and larger national sample found rates of positive screening, reliability, and factor structure that were comparable. <br><br>FINDINGS from this study support the continued use of the PSC-17 clinically as a screening tool in pediatric settings and in research.<br><br>Copyright © 2016 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0031-4005",
doi="10.1542/peds.2016-0038",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2016-0038"
}