%0 Journal Article
%@ 1438-8871
%I JMIR Publications
%V 23
%N 12
%P e31127
%T Short Form of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist-Youth Self-Report (PSC-17-Y): Spanish Validation Study
%A Piqueras,Jose A
%A Vidal-Arenas,Verónica
%A Falcó,Raquel
%A Moreno-Amador,Beatriz
%A Marzo,Juan C
%A Holcomb,Juliana M
%A Murphy,Michael
%+ Area of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment, Department of Health Psychology, Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche, Edificio Altamira, Avenida de la Universidad, s/n, Elche, 03202, Spain, 34 966658343, jpiqueras@umh.es
%K PSC-17-Y
%K psychometric properties
%K screening
%K mental problems
%K adolescents
%K adolescent health
%K adolescent medicine
%K psychiatry
%K psychology
%K psychosocial issues
%D 2021
%7 1.12.2021
%9 Original Paper
%J J Med Internet Res
%G English
%X Background: The short form, 17-item version of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist-Youth Self-Report (PSC-17-Y) is a validated measure that assesses psychosocial problems overall (OVR) and in 3 major psychopathological domains (internalizing, externalizing, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder), taking 5-10 min to complete. Prior research has established sound psychometric properties of the PSC-17-Y for English speakers. Objective: This study extends psychometric evidence for the acceptability of the PSC-17-Y in a large sample of Spanish adolescents, providing proof of its reliability and structure, convergent and discriminant validity, and longitudinal and gender invariance. Methods: Data were collected on 5430 adolescents, aged 12-18 years, who filled out the PSC-17-Y twice during 2018-2019 (7-month interval). We calculated the Cronbach alpha and the McDonald omega coefficients to test reliability, the Pearson correlation for convergent (distress) and criterion validity (well-being, quality of life, and socioemotional skills), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) for structure validity, and multigroup and longitudinal measurement invariance analysis for longitudinal and gender stability. Results: Within structural analysis for the PSC-17-Y, CFA supported a correlated 3-factor solution, which was also invariant longitudinally and across gender. All 3 subscales showed evidence of reliability, with coefficients near or above .70. Moreover, scores of PSC-17-Y subscales were positively related with convergent measures and negatively related with criterion measures. Normative data for the PSC-17-Y are presented in the form of percentiles (75th and 90th). Conclusions: This work provides the first evidence of the reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the PSC-17-Y administered over the internet to assess mental health problems among adolescents, maintaining the same domains as the long version. 
%M 34855614
%R 10.2196/31127
%U https://www.jmir.org/2021/12/e31127
%U https://doi.org/10.2196/31127
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34855614