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chapter 7 Parent <strong>and</strong> Teacher Rating Scales147Table 7.1 (Continued)Inventory Ages ContentReadingLevelTime toAdministerNormSample Reliability Validity MIConners 3rd Edition,Parent RatingScale (Conners-3;Conners, 2008a)<strong>Personality</strong> Inventoryfor <strong>Child</strong>ren,2nd edition(PIC-2; Lachar &Gruber, 2001)6–18 110 items;43-item shortform; 3 validityscales; 6 empiricalscales; 1 rationalscale; 5 DSM-IV-TR scales5–19 275 items, 96item short form;9 clinical scales(several subscales);3 validityscales4th–5thgrade20 min E Internal consistency,2–4 weektest–retest, <strong>and</strong>interrater reliabilityall good4th grade 40 min E Internal consistency;test–retest;interrater; Goodreliability, somewhatlower forsubscalesGood evidence <strong>of</strong>criterion-related<strong>and</strong> differentialvalidityValidity (based onteacher <strong>and</strong> selfreports<strong>of</strong> samesystem); lack <strong>of</strong>research on relationswith othercriteriaE aGNote: Norm Sample evaluated as E = Excellent, G = Good, F = Fair; MI = Degree <strong>of</strong> enhancement <strong>of</strong> multi-informant assessment; E = Excellent, G = Good;ESI = Early Symptom Inventory; CSI = <strong>Child</strong> Symptom Inventory; ASI = <strong>Adolescent</strong> Symptom Inventory.aWe view the Conners-3 as providing an excellent means <strong>of</strong> assessment <strong>of</strong> externalizing problems; however, if an extensive assessment <strong>of</strong> internalizing or learningdifficulties is desired, the Conners Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scales (CBRS; Conners, 2008b) is recommended.

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