Table 2. Psychometric properties of the Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ) and Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ) for the child and parent ratings versus the criterion test with Longitudinal Expert All Data diagnoses of DSM-IV depressions.

s	MFQ scale	AUCc	CId95%	P	Cutoff	Sense%	Specf%	Kappa
Pre-girlsa	Child MFQ (n = 34)	.52	.34–.70	.872	21	17	82	.06
	Child SMFQ (n = 34)	.51	.33–.68	.950	7	17	96	.18
	Parent MFQ (n = 52)	.70	.55–.82	.141	16	67	80	.31
	Parent SMFQ (n = 52)	.73	.59–.84	.086	8	67	83	.34
Pre-boysa	Child MFQ (n = 67)	.53	.41–.65	.762	26	36	91	.29
	Child SMFQ (n = 67)	.53	.40–.65	.769	14	29	92	.25
	Parent MFQ (n = 82)	.70	.59–.80	.009	23	31	94	.30
	Parent SMFQ (n = 82)	.62	.51–.73	.094	7	63	65	.20
Teen-girlsb	Child MFQ (n = 50)	.81	.67–.91	< .001	32	72	88	.60
	Child SMFQ (n = 50)	.82	.69–.91	< .001	17	64	96	.60
	Parent MFQ (n = 55)	.85	.73–.93	< .001	12	83	76	.60
	Parent SMFQ (n = 55)	.85	.73–.93	< .001	4	87	76	.63
Teen-boysb	Child MFQ (n = 35)	.78	.61–.90	< .001	11	100	57	.52
	Child SMFQ (n = 35)	.77	.59–.89	.001	6	93	57	.46
	Parent MFQ (n = 43)	.63	.47–.78	.134	11	76	58	.32
	Parent SMFQ (n = 43)	.64	.48–.78	.118	6	76	50	.24

^a Pre-Boys/Girls means 6–12 years old,

^b Teen-Boys/Girls means 13–17 years old,

^c Area Under Curve,

^d Confidence Interval,

^e sensitivity,

^f specificity