CHILDHOOD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY MEAUSREMENT SCHEDULE: DEVELOPMENT AND STANDARDIZATION*

Development and standardization of an instrument Childhood Psychopathology Measurement Schedule (CPMS) to assess psychopathology in children is reported. CPMS is standardized on Indian population and is applicable to children of both sexes in the age range of 4-14 years. It measures overall psychopa...

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Autores principales: Malhotra, Savita, Varma, V. K., Verma, S. K., Malhotra, Anil
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1988
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3008785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21927332
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Sumario:Development and standardization of an instrument Childhood Psychopathology Measurement Schedule (CPMS) to assess psychopathology in children is reported. CPMS is standardized on Indian population and is applicable to children of both sexes in the age range of 4-14 years. It measures overall psychopathology in the form of a total scores and also the type of psychopathology in the form of eight factorially derived syndromes which have satisfactory reliability and validity. CPMS is proposed to be used as a screening instrument in population surveys to identify disturbed children as well as a research tool involving measurement of childhood psychopathology and its classification.

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