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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 21.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Sch. 2023 Jan 21;60(7):2320–2341. doi: 10.1002/pits.22856

Table 4.

Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value for BASC-2-BESS and SDQ total scores, Project to Learn About Youth-Mental Health.

BASC-2-BESS SDQ

Sensitivity Specificity Positive Predictive Value Negative Predictive Value Sensitivity Specificity Positive Predictive Value Negative Predictive Value

Any disorder 42.7% 78.4% 40.1% 80.1% 55.1% 73.2% 41.1% 82.8%
Any internalizing 34.1% 74.0% 15.1% 89.2% 42.9% 67.2% 15.1% 89.7%
 Generalized anxiety 15.8% 72.9% 1.1% 97.9% 26.3% 65.9% 1.4% 98.0%
 Social phobia 25.0% 73.0% 3.2% 96.5% 33.3% 66.0% 3.4% 96.6%
 Separation anxiety 27.3% 73.1% 4.2% 95.8% 47.7% 66.5% 5.9% 96.7%
 Panic disorder 33.3% 72.8% 1.1% 99.2% 33.3% 65.8% 0.9% 99.1%
 Agoraphobia 47.1% 73.4% 2.9% 98.8% 47.1% 66.3% 2.3% 98.7%
 Obsessive compulsive disorder 46.2% 73.5% 4.3% 98.2% 53.9% 66.4% 3.9% 98.3%
 Post-traumatic stress disorder 50.0% 73.2% 0.7% 99.7% 50.0% 66.1% 0.6% 99.7%
 Any depressive disorder 41.9% 73.5% 4.6% 97.7% 54.8% 66.7% 4.8% 98.0%
 Mania/hypomania 80.0% 73.3% 1.4% 99.9% 100.0% 66.3% 1.4% 100.0%
Any externalizing 48.2% 77.9% 33.5% 86.7% 64.0% 72.9% 35.2% 89.8%
 ADHD 66.3% 77.4% 23.9% 95.5% 85.2% 71.6% 24.4% 97.8%
 Oppositional defiant disorder 41.9% 75.1% 17.4% 91.1% 54.7% 68.8% 18.1% 92.4%
 Conduct disorder 44.0% 74.0% 4.1% 98.1% 64.0% 67.5% 4.8% 98.7%

BASC-2-BESS = Behavior Assessment System for Children-2 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System; SDQ = Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; ADHD = Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

The social phobia module was not administered in the Ohio site.

This group includes major depressive disorder and dysthymic disorder.