Symptom and substance use reporting consistency over two years for offspring at high and low risk for depression
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We examined 2-year recall of reports of lifetime symptomatology and substance use questions on the K-SADS-E in a sample of offspring at high and low risk for depression. Comparisons were made between those who forgot and those who remembered reports of screening symptoms made at the initial interview. In general, recall for symptoms of internalizing disorders (depression and anxiety disorder) was much worse than recall for symptoms of externalizing disorders (conduct disorder and substance use). Less than two-thirds of those initially meeting the lifetime depression screening criteria provided reports which met the lifetime screening criteria at followup. Significant correlates of screening criteria recall included the following variables (measured at the initial interview): history of treatment for any disorder, impairment on the GAS (a score less than 61), and the presence of hypersomnia and suicidal symptoms (thoughts or ideation). Logistic regression suggested that a prior report of suicidal symptoms (including thoughts, ideation, or behavior) was the most important correlate of screen recall.
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Being younger than 12 years increases the odds of inaccurate recall of depressed mood and anhedonia 2 years later by a factor of 9.6.
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- Authors
- Fendrich, M., & Warner, V.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- New York State Psychiatric Institute (US)
- ORCID
- Fendrich, Michael
- Venue
- Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
- Published
- 1994-08
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 425-439
- ISSN
- 0091-0627 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2835
- OpenAlex
- W2053093426
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5p50mh043878-04, 5r29da007995-03)
- National Institute of Mental Health (P50MH43878-03)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (R29DA07995)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Keywords
- depression screening, substance use, internalizing disorders, externalizing disorders, conduct disorder, suicidal ideation, hypersomnia, child and adolescent psychopathology
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Child, Depressive Disorder, Family, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Mental Recall, Sleep Wake Disorders, Suicide, Reproducibility of Results, Comorbidity, Substance-Related Disorders
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