Corroborative diagnostic evidence of depression in children and adolescents : a meta-analysis /
evidence between paired measures of depression for
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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1995.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=742164261&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=2945&RQT=309&VName=PQD |
| Summary: | evidence between paired measures of depression for children/adolescents and what effect the probable sources of measurement error have on systematically limiting the convergent validity. Automated literature retrieval procedures produced a group of 2,114 possibly relevant citations. Previewing and viewing techniques reduced the pool to 137 studies which comprised two data bases: a) 205 reported correlations between 73 unique paired measures of depression and b) 223 mean scores for 52 unique paired measures of depression. Convergent validity was established (r = + 0.44; std. = 0.23; n = 205) by the collection of correlations. Effect sizes were calculated for each unique pairing in both data bases. Systematic error was explored by calculating Pearson correlations between each of the possible sources of error and the effect sizes. Significance was established by calculating t-test or analysis of variance between the effect sizes and the possible sources of error. Sources of error included the influence of: a) informant roles and settings, b) characteristics of the children, c) issues of test design and d) incidental variables common to meta-analysis studies. Informant roles and setting significantly biased the degree of correlation between measures of depression. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: School Psychology". Includes 1 3.5" IBM format comuter disk, requires MS DOS 6.2.0 with Quatro Pro for Windows version 5.00." |
| Physical Description: | xii, 244 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. + 1 computer disk. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilms Inc. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |