The present report describes the item development and initial validation of a comprehensive child mental health questionnaire through a series of four studies. To maximize clinical utility, the questionnaire was developed to directly reflect Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition psychiatric criteria and diagnoses, cover all mental health conditions that present in youth, and capitalize on the benefits of digital administration, particularly tiered branching logic. Study 1 describes the item generation and development of a tiered item structure. Study 2 established internal consistency and discriminant validity in a representative community sample of 1,000 youth aged 7-17 and a parent. Study 3 examined the acceptability of the questionnaire's content and structure to families and made indicated text revisions. Finally, Study 4 cross validated the internal consistency and tiered structure of a revised version of the questionnaire in a second representative normative sample of 1,000 parent and child dyads. The four studies resulted in a questionnaire consisting of one general mental health question (parent-report only), 16 items (for both parent and child) on a diagnostic category checklist, and 40 scales with screener and follow-up items reflecting DSM-5 criteria for specific disorders (371 parent items and 326 child items). The data support the potential of the questionnaire to efficiently assess the breadth of youth psychiatric symptoms efficiently. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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基于数字的综合儿童心理健康问卷的初步开发。


本报告通过一系列四项研究描述了综合儿童心理健康问卷的项目开发和初步验证。为了最大限度地提高临床效用，该问卷的开发直接反映了《精神障碍诊断与统计手册》第五版精神病学标准和诊断，涵盖了青少年存在的所有心理健康状况，并利用了数字管理的好处，特别是分层分支逻辑。研究 1 描述了分层项目结构的监控项生成和开发。研究 2 在 1,000 名 7-17 岁青少年和一名家长的代表性社区样本中建立了内部一致性和判别效度。研究 3 检查了问卷内容和结构对家庭的可接受性，并进行了指示性的文本修订。最后，研究 4 在 1,000 个父子二人组中的第二个代表性规范样本中交叉验证了修订版问卷的内部一致性和分层结构。这四项研究得出了一份问卷，其中包括一个一般心理健康问题（仅限父母报告）、诊断类别清单上的 16 个项目（父母和孩子）和 40 个带有筛选和随访项目的量表，反映了特定障碍的 DSM-5 标准（371 个父项目和 326 个子项目）。数据支持问卷有效评估青少年精神症状广度的潜力。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 （c） 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。