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Arthur J. Reynolds, PhD; Judy A. Temple, PhD

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008;162(10):995-996.

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Narendorf raised 2 concerns about our study of the long-term effects of the Child-Parent Center Program on health and well-being.¹ The first was the limitation of our self-report measure of depressive symptoms, and the second was the inclusion of the mental health results, which Narendorf believes were not robust and diluted the reporting of findings for educational attainment, criminal behavior, health insurance coverage, and other outcomes.

On the measurement of depressive symptoms, we agree and stated in the article that a more comprehensive clinical assessment of depression is warranted to more fully document the effects of intervention on full-blown depression and related disorders. Nevertheless, our measure of depressive symptoms was from the depression subscale of the well-known Derogatis Brief Symptom Inventory,² which has strong evidence of reliability and predictive validity. The 5-item scale we used had an internal consistency reliability . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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