Reliabilty and Validity of a Diagnostic Interview for Parents of Babies and Preescholers

Ruhr University of Bochum

Status: Completed

Conditions: Psychological Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05153109

553

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Kleinkind-DIPS (Diagnostisches Interview bei psychischen Störungen für Kleinkinder) is a structured interview to assess a variety of the most frequent psychological problems in babies and preschoolers, e.g. feeding or sleeping problems, anxiety disorders. It is administered by a trained clinician with one of the primary carers. In this study, its acceptance, reliability and validity will be tested in a clinical and non-clinical sample.

Full description

The Kleinkind- DIPS (Diagnostisches Interview bei psychischen Störungen für Kleinkinder) is a structured interview to assess a variety of the most frequent psychological of the most frequent psychological problems in babies and preschoolers, e.g. feeding or sleeping problems, anxiety disorders. It is administered by a trained clinician with one of the primary carers. In this study, its acceptance, reliability and validity will be tested in a clinical and non-clinical sample. Parts of the interview are adapted from the Kinder-DIPS, for which information on acceptance, reliability and validity are available. The aim of the present study is to test the interviews acceptance, reliability and validity in both a clinical and a non-clinical sample.

Enrollment: 156 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 71 months old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: sufficient knowledge of the German language -

Exclusion Criteria:

Trial design

156 participants in 2 patient groups

Community sample

Description:

Participants will be recruited from families in Bochum who take part in experiments and studies at the department of delevopmental psychology at the Ruhr-University. The department of developmental psychology organizes a panel every year inviting all parents of newborn babies in Bochum to register if they want to participate in research.

Clinical sample

Description:

Participants will be recruited from families in Bochum and Munich who seek treatment in the outpatient treatment centers at both sites. Both study sites offer special counselling for parents who experience difficulties with a child from zero to five years of age.