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The Newcastle Adolescent Behaviour Screening Questionnaire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

M. Place ,
I. Kolvin  and
S. M. Morton
M. Place*
Affiliation:
Sunderland District General Hospital
I. Kolvin
Affiliation:
Fleming Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
S. M. Morton
Affiliation:
Fleming Hospital
*
Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatry Unit. Sunderland District General Hospital, Kayll Road, Sunderland, Tyne A Wear SR47TP
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As part of a larger study, a brief rating-scale was developed which focusses on the mid-adolescent phase of development. Completed by teachers, the questionnaire has an inter-rater reliability of 0.78, with a test-retest correlation of 0.82. When the performances of various screening instruments were compared it became clear that no single questionnaire was obviously more efficient than the others at detecting potential disturbance in an urban adolescent population. Indeed, different questionnaires seemed to highlight particular facets of functioning. The Newcastle Adolescent Questionnaire proved to be a reliable and valid screening measure.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 1 , July 1987 , pp. 45 - 51
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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