High-end specificity of the Children's Depression Inventory in a sample of anxiety-disordered youth Article

Comer, JS, Kendall, PC. (2005). High-end specificity of the Children's Depression Inventory in a sample of anxiety-disordered youth . DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, 22(1), 11-19. 10.1002/da.20059

cited authors

  • Comer, JS; Kendall, PC

authors

abstract

  • Using a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis, the present study investigated the ability of the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) to correctly detect depression in a sample of treatment-seeking anxious youth (N = 44). The ADIS-C/P was used to determine diagnostic status of participants. Anxious children who met diagnostic criteria for a depressive disorder scored higher on the CDI than anxious children -who did not meet criteria for a depressive disorder, supporting the CDI as a continuous measure of depressive symptomatology. In contrast, with regard to detecting a depressive disorder, CDI cut scores did not achieve favorable values across diagnostic utility indices (including the cut score of 13 that has been recommended). These findings support the CDI as a continuous measure of depressive symptoms, but do not support the CDI as a sole assessment for a diagnosis of depression within a sample of anxiety-disordered youth. © 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

publication date

  • October 10, 2005

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start page

  • 11

end page

  • 19

volume

  • 22

issue

  • 1