NATIONAL CHILD & ADOLESCENT SURVEY: A 3-YEAR FOLLOW-UP

这项研究旨在加强以下方面的经验基础 评估、分类学、流行病学和预测 通过对儿童/青少年精神病理学的3年跟踪调查 在家庭访谈中对4-16岁儿童进行的全国抽样评估 调查。调查使用了ACQ行为检查表来获得 多变量分析中确定的综合征的父母数据 儿童/青少年精神病理学。数据还在以下方面获得 家庭组成、家庭精神障碍、社会经济地位、儿童保育 安排和福利支持。样本是从100个人中抽取的 全国代表性采样点分层，产量为1 每个站点4-16岁的未转诊男孩和女孩(N=2600)， 加上被转介接受精神健康服务的人士 前一年(N=89)。还以5000英镑的价格获得了ACQ 4-16岁的青少年接受了全国18家心理健康服务机构的咨询 国家/地区，允许对匹配的临床和 非临床样本。 为期3年的随访旨在：(1)测试药物的稳定性 问题和能力；(2)比较不同性别年龄的调查结果 分组&识别出现异常变化的分组；(3)测试ACQ 作为预测因素的问题、能力、症状和概况 转介精神健康服务、自杀未遂及其他 干扰的迹象；(4)测试ACQ作为问题的预测器 报告了在后续行动中实施的青年自我报告(YSR)； (5)检验族变量作为干扰的预测因子&YSR 分数；(6)通过以下方式推进儿童/青少年障碍的分类 确定症状、概况和相关性保持稳定 3年；(7)检验定量与概率的准确性 用于预测病理结果的标尺。 为期3年的随访将对患病率进行独特的测试， 行为/情绪问题的稳定性、进程和预测 在全国儿童和青少年样本中。它还将 为具体调查结果的跨国比较提供基础 以及关于稳定性、变化和预测的统计模型 精神病理学的发展。

This study is designed to strengthen the empirical basis for assessment, taxonomy, epidemiology, & prediction of child/adolescent psychopathology via a 3-year follow-up of a national sample of 4-16-year-olds assessed in a home interview survey. The survey employed the ACQ Behavior Checklist to obtain data from parents on syndromes identified in multivariate analyses of child/adolescent psychopathology. Data were also obtained on family composition, family mental disorders, SES, child care arrangements, & welfare support. The sample was drawn from 100 nationally representative sampling sites stratified to yield 1 nonreferred boy & girl of each age 4-16 in each site (N = 2600), plus those found to be referred for mental health services in the preceding year (N = 89). ACQs have also been obtained for 5,000 4-16-year-olds referred to 18 mental health services across the country, permitting comparisons between matched clinical & nonclinical samples. The 3-year follow-up is designed to: (1) test the stability of problems & competencies; (2) compare findings for each sex age group & identify groups showing exceptional change; (3) test ACQ problems, competencies, syndromes, & profiles as predictors of referral for mental health services, suicide attempts, & other signs of disturbance; (4) test the ACQ as a predictor of problems reported on the Youth Self-Report (YSR) administered at follow-up; (5) test family variables as predictors of disturbance & YSR scores; (6) advance the taxonomy of child/adolescent disorders by identifying syndromes, profiles, & correlates remaining stable over 3 years; (7) test the accuracy of quantitative versus probability scales for predicting pathological outcomes. The 3-year follow-up will provide unique tests of the prevalence, stability, course, & prediction of behavioral/emotional problems in a national sample of children & adolescents. It will also provide a basis for cross-national comparisons of specific findings and of statistical models for stability, change, and prediction in the development of psychopathology.