Psychometric Evaluation of the Symptoms and Functioning Severity Scale (SFSS) Short Forms with Out-of-Home Care Youth

Autor/inn/en	Gross, Thomas J.; Duppong Hurley, Kristin; Lambert, Matthew C.; Epstein, Michael H.; Stevens, Amy L.
Titel	Psychometric Evaluation of the Symptoms and Functioning Severity Scale (SFSS) Short Forms with Out-of-Home Care Youth
Quelle	In: Child & Youth Care Forum, 44 (2015) 2, S.239-249 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-1890
DOI	10.1007/s10566-014-9280-z
Schlagwörter	Program Evaluation; Progress Monitoring; Reliability; Rating Scales; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Psychometrics; Residential Care; Institutionalized Persons; Youth; Measures (Individuals); Health Personnel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Reliabilität; Rating-Skala; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Messdaten; Medizinisches Personal
Abstract	Background: There is a need for brief progress monitoring measures of behavioral and emotional symptoms for youth in out-of-home care. The Symptoms and Functioning Severity Scale (SFSS; Bickman et al. in Manual of the peabody treatment progress battery. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 2010) is one measure that has clinician and youth short forms (SFSS-SFs); however, the psychometric soundness of the SFSS-SFs with youth in out-of-home care has yet to be examined. Objective: The objective was to determine if the psychometric characteristics of the clinician and youth SFSS-SFs are viable for use in out-of-home care programs. Methods: The participants included 143 youth receiving residential treatment and 52 direct care residential staff. The current study assessed internal consistency and alternate forms reliability for SFSS-SFs for youth in a residential care setting. Further, a binary classification test was completed to determine if the SFSS-SFs similarly classified youth as the SFSS full version for low- and elevated-severity. Results: The internal consistency for the clinician and youth SFSS-SFs was adequate (a = 0.75-0.82) as was the parallel forms reliability (r = 0.85-0.97). The sensitivity (0.80-0.95), specificity (0.88-0.97), and overall accuracy (0.89-0.93) for differentiating low and elevated symptom severity was acceptable. Conclusions: The clinician and youth SFSS-SFs have acceptable psychometrics and may be beneficial for progress monitoring; however, more research is needed to assess their sensitivity to change over time in out-of-home programs. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01