Abstract
Previous work has reported the psychometric properties and evidence for concurrent validity of a battery of items measuring global risk indicators in the lives of court-involved adolescents. The present study reports additional data on the predictive validity of this battery in a sample of 224 families of adolescents who were assessed by intake workers in a juvenile court and subsequently referred for services. Analysis yielded significant differences between groups of youth who were and were not referred to more intensive mental health-based treatment on all domains of risk in this battery.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1239-1242 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Psychological Reports |
Volume | 93 |
Issue number | 3 II |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2003 |