TY  - JOUR
AU  - Piqueras, Jose A
AU  - Vidal-Arenas, Verónica
AU  - Falcó, Raquel
AU  - Moreno-Amador, Beatriz
AU  - Marzo, Juan C
AU  - Holcomb, Juliana M
AU  - Murphy, Michael
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/1
TI  - Short Form of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist-Youth Self-Report (PSC-17-Y): Spanish Validation Study
JO  - J Med Internet Res
SP  - e31127
VL  - 23
IS  - 12
KW  - PSC-17-Y
KW  - psychometric properties
KW  - screening
KW  - mental problems
KW  - adolescents
KW  - adolescent health
KW  - adolescent medicine
KW  - psychiatry
KW  - psychology
KW  - psychosocial issues
AB  - 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. 
SN  - 1438-8871
UR  - https://www.jmir.org/2021/12/e31127
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/31127
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34855614
DO  - 10.2196/31127
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/31127
ER  -