Introduction to the special issue. A dozen years of demonstrating that informant discrepancies are more than measurement error: Toward guidelines for integrating …

A De Los Reyes, CC Epkins - Journal of Clinical Child & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Validly characterizing youth mental health phenomena requires evidence-based
approaches to assessment. An evidence-based assessment cannot rely on a “gold …

Integrating multi-informant reports of youth mental health: A construct validation test of Kraemer and Colleagues'(2003) Satellite Model

NR Charamut, SJ Racz, M Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Accurately assessing youth mental health involves obtaining reports from multiple
informants who typically display low levels of correspondence. This low correspondence …

Assessing peer-related impairments linked to adolescent social anxiety: Strategic selection of informants optimizes prediction of clinically relevant domains

LE Follet, H Okuno, A De Los Reyes - Behavior Therapy, 2023 - Elsevier
Socially anxious adolescents commonly experience impaired interpersonal functioning with
unfamiliar, same-age peers. Yet, we lack short screening tools for assessing peer-related …

Evidence-based assessment in special education research: advancing the use of evidence in assessment tools and empirical processes

E Talbott, A De Los Reyes, DM Kearns… - Exceptional …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Evidence-based assessment (EBA) requires that investigators employ scientific theories and
research findings to guide decisions about what domains to measure, how and when to …

The Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder–Parent (PSCD-P): Convergent validity, incremental validity, and reactions to unfamiliar peer confederates

NA Bellamy, RT Salekin, BA Makol… - Research on Child and …, 2023 - Springer
Youth who experience psychopathy display multiple impairments across interpersonal
(grandiose-manipulative [GM]), affective (callous-unemotional [CU]), lifestyle (daring …

When adolescents experience co-occurring social anxiety and ADHD symptoms: Links with social skills when interacting with unfamiliar peer confederates

A Greenberg, A De Los Reyes - Behavior Therapy, 2022 - Elsevier
Adolescents with elevated social anxiety commonly experience peer-related impairments–
particularly with same-age, unfamiliar peers–stemming from their avoidant behaviors. Yet …

Adolescent safety behaviors and social anxiety: Links to psychosocial impairments and functioning with unfamiliar peer confederates

H Okuno, T Rezeppa, T Raskin… - Behavior …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Socially anxious adolescents often endure anxiety-provoking situations using safety
behaviors: strategies for minimizing in-the-moment distress (eg, avoiding eye contact …

Quality of Life of Parents Seeking Mental Health Services for their adolescent's social anxiety: Psychometric properties of the quality of life enjoyment and satisfaction …

A Sangraula, A De Los Reyes - Child & Youth Care Forum, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background The Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire Short
Form (Q-LES-Q-SF) is a well-established, clinically feasible measure of quality of life …

Multi-informant assessments of adolescents' fears of negative and positive evaluation: Criterion and incremental validity in relation to observed behavior

TN Botkin, BA Makol, SJ Racz… - … of Psychopathology and …, 2021 - Springer
Adolescents who experience social anxiety often display distressing fears that unfamiliar
individuals evaluate their performance in social settings. These fears typically manifest as …

When Parents and Adolescents Make Discrepant Reports About Parental Monitoring: Links to Adolescent Social Anxiety When Interacting With Unfamiliar Peers

LM Keeley, RD Laird, N Qasmieh, SJ Racz… - … of Psychopathology and …, 2024 - Springer
Adolescents frequently experience social anxiety, with parents often serving as the primary
source of clinical referral. Yet, adolescents' needs for services often revolve around social …