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Reliability, Validity, and Clinical Utility of the Dominic Interactive for Adolescents-RevisedA DSM-5-Based Self-Report Screen for Mental Disorders, Borderline Personality Traits, and Suicidality.

TitleReliability, Validity, and Clinical Utility of the Dominic Interactive for Adolescents-RevisedA DSM-5-Based Self-Report Screen for Mental Disorders, Borderline Personality Traits, and Suicidality.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsBergeron L [1], Smolla N [2], Berthiaume C [3], Renaud J [4], Breton J-J [5], St-Georges M [6], Morin P [7], Zavaglia E [8], Labelle R [9]
JournalCan J Psychiatry
Volume62
Issue3
Pagination211-222
Date Published2017 Mar
ISSN1497-0015
Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The Dominic Interactive for Adolescents-Revised (DIA-R) is a multimedia self-report screen for 9 mental disorders, borderline personality traits, and suicidality defined by the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM-5). This study aimed to examine the reliability and the validity of this instrument.METHODS: French- and English-speaking adolescents aged 12 to 15 years ( N = 447) were recruited from schools and clinical settings in Montreal and were evaluated twice. The internal consistency was estimated by Cronbach alpha coefficients and the test-retest reliability by intraclass correlation coefficients. Cutoff points on the DIA-R scales were determined by using clinically relevant measures for defining external validation criteria: the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Aged Children, the Beck Hopelessness Scale, and the Abbreviated-Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses provided accuracy estimates (area under the ROC curve, sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratio) to evaluate the ability of the DIA-R scales to predict external criteria.RESULTS: For most of the DIA-R scales, reliability coefficients were excellent or moderate. High or moderate accuracy estimates from ROC analyses demonstrated the ability of the DIA-R thresholds to predict psychopathological conditions. These thresholds were generally capable to discriminate between clinical and school subsamples. However, the validity of the obsessions/compulsions scale was too low.CONCLUSIONS: Findings clearly support the reliability and the validity of the DIA-R. This instrument may be useful to assess a wide range of adolescents' mental health problems in the continuum of services. This conclusion applies to all scales, except the obsessions/compulsions one.

DOI10.1177/0706743716670129 [10]
Alternate JournalCan J Psychiatry
PubMed ID27638424 [11]

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