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Day, Susan C.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1990
This study attempted to establish the validity of an essay test of clinical judgment by defining the domain of clinical judgment and operationalizing this definition in a 12-item essay examination administered to 98 residents in internal medicine. The relationship between essay scores and other measures of competence was then examined and the…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Comparative Analysis, Competence, Decision Making
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Rasmussen, Lucinda A. – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2004
Recent empirical research has shown that children with sexual behavior problems and adolescents who offend sexually are diverse populations consisting of several subtypes (Hall, Mathews, & Pearce, 2002; Pithers, Gray, Busconi, & Houchens, 1998; Worling, 2001). This article reviews the descriptive and empirical research related to identifying…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Adolescents, Sexuality, Sexual Abuse
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Graetz, Brian W.; Sawyer, Michael G.; Baghurst, Peter; Ettridge, Kerry – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2006
Objective: To examine whether ADHD gender patterns with respect to social-demographic characteristics, comorbidity, and impairment vary as a function of service use for emotional or behavioral problems. Method: Two hundred and seventy-nine males and 119 females meeting ADHD symptom criteria identified in a nationally representative sample of…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity, Social Influences
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Mayes, Susan Dickerson; Calhoun, Susan L. – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2006
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, 3rd and 4th editions (WISC-III n = 586 and WISC-IV n = 118), profiles were compared for children with ADHD and normal intelligence. Mean Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI) and Perceptual Organization/Perceptual Reasoning Index (POI/PRI) scores were significantly higher than Freedom From…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cognitive Processes, Intelligence Tests, Attention Deficit Disorders
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Andrade, Naleen N.; Hishinuma, Earl S.; McDermott, John F., Jr.; Johnson, Ronald C.; Goebert, Deborah A.; Makini, George K., Jr.; Nahulu, Linda B.; Yuen, Noelle Y. C.; McArdle, John J.; Bell, Cathy K.; Carlton, Barry S.; Miyamoto, Robin H.; Nishimura, Stephanie T.; Else, Iwalani R. N.; Guerrero, Anthony P. S.; Darmal, Arsalan; Yates, Alayne; Waldron, Jane A. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objectives: The prevalence rates of disorders among a community-based sample of Hawaiian youths were determined and compared to previously published epidemiological studies. Method: Using a two-phase design, 7,317 adolescents were surveyed (60% participation rate), from which 619 were selected in a modified random sample during the 1992-1993 to…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Identification, Incidence, Anxiety
Brown, M. Kathryn; Obermiller, Phillip J. – 1990
This study compares the health status of Appalachian children living in Cincinnati neighborhoods to that of children living in five predominantly low-income black neighborhoods and children living in the rest of Cincinnati. Age-specific, standardized morbidity ratio analyses were performed to compare the frequency of admissions to hospital and…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Child Health, Children, Clinical Diagnosis
Hobus, Pie P. M.; And Others – 1990
This study examined reasons why novice physicians, even after 6 years of medical education, are apparently unable to utilize a patient's contextual information (age, sex, profession, previous diseases, operations, and medical therapy) in the same accurate manner in disease diagnosis as their more experienced colleagues. Sixteen family physicians,…
Descriptors: Case Records, Clinical Diagnosis, Clinical Experience, Comparative Analysis
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Conn, Hadley L., Jr. – Journal of Medical Education, 1986
An examination was developed by the Medical Skills Committee of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates to test the hypothesis that the clinical skills of many foreign medical graduates entering U.S. residencies are deficient. Thirty-two percent of the graduates were found to have inadequate clinical skills. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Clinical Experience, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
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Dobler, V. B.; Anker, S.; Gilmore, J.; Robertson, I. H.; Atkinson, J.; Manly, T. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: There is growing literature suggesting that some children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can show a significant bias in attention away from left space. Here we examine mechanisms that may underpin these effects in both clinical and non-clinical child populations. Unilateral spatial inattention…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Clinical Diagnosis, Patients
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Goldstein, Sam; Schwebach, Adam J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2004
To determine if a sample of children meeting diagnostic criteria for a Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) display symptoms and impairment related to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) sufficient to warrant a comorbid diagnosis of ADHD. Further, do children with PDD displaying such symptoms demonstrate more impairment in daily life…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity, Clinical Diagnosis, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Sanborn, Kenneth O.; Katz, Martin M. – 1976
This study was undertaken by several clinicians to obtain ratings of symptomatology and coping behavior of mental patients from different ethnic groups in Hawaii. Three dimensions of depression were studied: physical agitation, verbal retention, and optimism. The aims of the study were to describe the symptomatic and coping behaviors which are…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Ethnic Groups
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Lord, Catherine; Shulman, Cory; DiLavore, Pamela – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Background: For many years, researchers and clinicians have described parent reports of an unusual developmental phenomenon in a substantial minority of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD), the acquisition and then loss of communication skills during the second year of life. Methods: As part of a longitudinal study of 110 children…
Descriptors: Autism, Developmental Delays, Communication Skills, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Hintze, John M.; Silberglitt, Benjamin – School Psychology Review, 2005
The purpose of this study was to compare different statistical and methodological approaches to standard setting and determining cut scores using R-CBM and performance on high-stakes tests. One thousand seven hundred and sixty-six students were followed longitudinally from first through third grades using R-CBM benchmark assessment. In addition,…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, High Stakes Tests, Standard Setting, Clinical Diagnosis
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Shultz, Jennifer; Aman, Michael; Kelbley, Thomas; Wallace, Cheryl LeClear; Burt, Diana B.; Primeaux-Hart, Sharon; Loveland, Katherine; Thorpe, Lilian; Bogos, Eleanor S.; Timon, John; Patti, Paul; Tsiouris, John – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2004
We compared groups with and without diagnosed dementia matched on IQ, age, and presence of Down syndrome. The Dementia Scale for Down Syndrome and Dementia Questionnaire for Mentally Retarded Persons were used to assess participants. We developed two performance tasks to determine whether they were useful in separating subjects with and without…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Dementia, Older Adults, Down Syndrome
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Bergman, David A.; Pantell, Robert H. – Journal of Medical Education, 1986
A study of the effect of reading a recent clinical study on pediatricians', pediatric residents', and family practitioners' decisions concerning treatment of a common, potentially serious problem revealed a considerable influence but physician difficulty in using probability data and reliance on intuition rather than calculation. (MSE)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Family Practice (Medicine)
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