1,089 boys and girls, aged 7 through 14 yr., enrolled in Grades 2 through 9, participated in an assessment of the test-retest reliability of Battle's Depression Inventory for Children, Form C. Pearsonian correlations at Times 1 and 2 (2 weeks later) for subjects in Grades 2 through 6 were .79, .77, and .80 for all children, boys, and girls, respectively. Values for subjects in Grades 7 through 9 were .79, .85, and .70 for all children, boys, and girls, respectively.
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