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A Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS)
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We evaluated the Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS), an adaptation of the Global Assessment Scale for adults. Our findings indicate that the CGAS can be a useful measure of overall severity of disturbance. It was found to be reliable between raters and across time. Moreover, it demonstrated both discriminant and concurrent validity. Given these favorable psychometric properties and its relative simplicity, the CGAS is recommended to both clinicians and researchers as a complement to syndrome-specific scales.
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“The CGAS has been found to be a reliable and valid measure of overall functioning, with an inter-rater reliability estimate of 0.84 and a test-retest reliability over 6-months of 0.85 (Shaffer et al., 1983).”
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- Authors
- Shaffer, D.
- Affiliations
- Columbia University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Shaffer, David
- Venue
- Archives of General Psychiatry
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 1983-11-01
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1228
- ISSN
- 0003-990X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2114776324
- Cited by
- 3,716
- References
- 5
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- FWCI
- 11.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Archives of General Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- Children's Global Assessment Scale, Global Assessment Scale, child psychiatry, psychometric properties, inter-rater reliability, test-retest reliability, discriminant validity, concurrent validity
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Age Factors, Ambulatory Care, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Mental Disorders, Child, Child, Preschool, Hospitalization, Humans, Male, Parents, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychometrics
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