- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Disaster Response and Management
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Child and Adolescent Health
McMaster University
2009-2022
The goals of the study were to examine test-retest reliability, informant agreement and convergent discriminant validity nine DSM-IV-TR psychiatric disorders classified by parent youth versions Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children Adolescents (MINI-KID). Using samples drawn from general population child mental health outpatient clinics, 283 aged 9 18 years their parents separately completed MINI-KID with trained lay interviewers on two occasions 7 14 days apart....
Objectives: To describe the development and psychometric properties of 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Emotional Behavioural Scales (OCHS-EBS) for dimensional measurement 7 disorders based on criteria from fifth edition Diagnostic Statistical Manual Mental Disorders ( DSM-5). Methods: Scale items were selected by agreement among 19 child psychologists psychiatrists rating correspondence between item descriptions DSM-5 symptoms. Psychometric evaluation parent/caregiver youth scales came a...
Objectives: To compare the reliability and convergent validity of parent assessments from Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children Adolescents (MINI-KID —a structured diagnostic interview) Ontario Child Health Study Emotional Behavioural Scales (OCHS-EBS) symptom checklist classifying conduct disorder (CD), or oppositional defiant (CD-ODD), attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD), major depressive (MDD), generalized anxiety (GAD), separation (SAD) based on DSM-5 criteria....
Objective: The day-to-day experience of families with an Autistic child may be shaped by both, characteristics and available resources, which often are influenced the socioeconomic context family. Using a socioecological approach, this study explored quantitative associations between autistic symptoms, family status, life. Methods: Data came from Pediatric Autism Research Cohort—PARC Study (pilot). Parents children recent diagnosis autism completed set assessments, including Family...