Table 1.

Test–retest reliability (Kappa) of six child psychiatric disorders classified using five standardized diagnostic interviews administered to mothers and youth sampled from clinic‐referred and community populations

							ADHD
Instrument	Reference	Sample1	M/F or total N 2	Age in years3	Res4	Interval (days)5	ADHD	ODD	CD	SAD	GAD	MDD	Ave7
CAPA	Eggera	clin	307	2–5	P	3–28	.74	.57	.60	.60	.39	.72	.60
	Angoldb	clin	77	10–16	P	1–11	n/a	n/a	.55	n/a	.79	.90	.75
K‐SADS‐PL	Chambersc	clin	31/21	6–17	Co	<3	n/a	n/a	.63	n/a	.24	.54	.47
DISC	Hod	clin	78	9–18	P	22	.81	.55	n/a	n/a	.51	.82	.67
	Hod	clin	78	9–18	Y	22	.25	.41	n/a	n/a	.37	.58	.40
	Bravoe	clin	97/49	4–17	P	12	.506	.456	.476	.646	.446	.486	.49
	Bravoe	clin	83	11–17	Y	12	n/a	n/a	.62	.18	n/a	.15	.32
	Shafferf	clin	84	9–17	P	6.6	.79	.54	.43	.58	.65	.66	.61
	Shafferf	clin	82	9–17	Y	6.6	.42	.51	.65	.46	n/a	.92	.59
	Schwab‐Stoneg	clin	39	11–17	P	7–21	.55	.88	.87	n/a	n/a	.72	.76
	Schwab‐Stoneg	clin	41	11–17	Y	7–21	n/a	.16	.55	.72	n/a	.77	.55
	Flisherh	comb	71/34	15.0 (2.2)	P	14	.56	.66	n/a	n/a	.457	.66	.58
	Jenseni	clin	73/24	9–17	P	13	.69	.67	.70	n/a	.58	.69	.67
	Jenseni	clin	73/24	9–17	Y	13	.59	.46	.86	n/a	.39	.38	.54
	Jenseni	comm	129/149	9–17	P	21	.57	.65	.66	n/a	.40	.00	.46
	Jenseni	comm	129/149	9–17	Y	21	.43	.23	.60	n/a	.30	.29	.37
	Bretonj	comm	260	6–14	P	14	.60	.56	n/a	.44	.57	.32	.50
	Bretonj	comm	145	12–14	Y	14	n/a	n/a	.49	.59	.53	.55	.54
	Riberak	comm	124	9–17	Co	<14	.53	.56	.82	.46	–.03	.29	.44
	Schwab‐Stonel	comm	130/117	9–18	P	1–15	.606	.686	.566	.456	.606	.556	.57
	Schwab‐Stonel	comm	130/117	9–18	Y	1–15	.106	.186	.646	.276	.286	.376	.31
DICA	Boylem	comm	210	6–16	P	7–21	.59	.51	.21	.32	.57	.70	.48
	Boylen	comm	137	12–16	Y	7–21	.24	.28	.92	n/a	.54	.45	.49
	Ezpeletao	clinic	110	7–177	P	11	.53	n/a	.77	.56	.59	.10	.51
	Ezpeletao	clinic	110	7–177	Y	11	.79	n/a	.27	.39	.47	.66	.52
	Ezpeletap	comm	244	3–7	P	4–40	.83	.65	n/a	.76	.50	.67	.68
MINI‐KID	Sheehanq	comb	83	6–17	Co	1–5	.87	.71	.85	.70	.64	.75	.75
Ave Parent/Co8							.65	.61	.62	.52	.46	.56	.57
Ave Youth9							.34	.32	.67	.44	.40	.50	.45

Note: CAPA, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment; K‐SADS‐PL, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia, Present and Lifetime; DISC, Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children; DICA, Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents; MINI‐KID, Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents; ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ODD, oppositional defiant disorder; CD, conduct disorder; SAD, separation anxiety disorder; GAD, generalized anxiety disorder; MDD, major depressive disorder; n/a, not assessed.

¹ Sample: clin = clinic, comb = clinic and community, comm = community.

² M/F = males/females or total N = total sample size^.

³ Age in years = minimum/maximum or mean, standard deviation.

⁴ Res = Respondent, P = parent; Y = youth; Co = combined parent and youth.

⁵ Interval (days) = minimum‐maximum or mean^.

⁶ Age groups 7–11 and 12–17 years combined and average kappa reported.

⁷ Ave = mean kappa value across disorders for parent/combined and for youth.

⁸ Ave Parent/Co = mean kappa value for disorders assessed by parents averaged across studies.

⁹ Ave Youth = mean kappa value for disorders assessed by youth averaged across studies.

^a Egger et al. (2006);

^b Angold and Costello (1995);

^c Chambers et al. (1985);

^d Ho et al. (2005);

^e Bravo et al. (2001);

^f Shaffer et al. (2000);

^g Schwab‐Stone et al. (1993);

^h Flisher, Sorsdahl, and Lund (2012)

ⁱ Jensen et al. (1995)

^j Breton, Bergeron, Valla, Berthiaume, and St‐Georges (1998);

^k Ribera et al. (1996);

^l Schwab‐Stone et al. (1996);

^m Boyle et al. (1997);

ⁿ Boyle et al. (1993b);

^o Ezpeleta, de la Osa, Domènech, Navarro, and Losilla (1997);

^p Ezpeleta, de la Osa, Granero, Domènech, and Reich (2011);

^q Sheehan et al. (2010).