Psychometric evaluation of 5-and 7-year-old children's self-reports of conduct problems
Psychometric evaluation of 5-and 7-year-old children's self-reports of conduct problems
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DOI：
10.1007/s10802-005-6736-5
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发表时间：
2005-10-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Moffitt, T
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作者：
Arseneault, L;Kim-Cohen, J;Moffitt, T
过去的研究表明，幼儿无法报告有关自己行为问题的信息。为了验证这一点，我们在E-Risk研究中检查了儿童自我报告的有效性和有用性，这是一项具有全国代表性的2，232名儿童的出生队列。我们使用伯克利木偶访谈，以获得儿童的自我报告的行为问题时，他们是5岁和Dominic-R时，他们是7岁。我们还通过采访母亲，向教师发送问卷，以及在家访期间对检查员的观察进行评分，收集了有关儿童及其家庭的信息。结果表明，当儿童的自我报告是用结构化和发展适当的工具收集时，它们被证明是有效的措施：儿童自己报告的行为问题与已知的相关因素有关，包括个人特征（例如，智商），相关行为（例如，多动症），和家庭变量（例如，经济劣势）。观察到的相关性密切匹配的影响大小在文献中使用成人的儿童的行为问题的报告。此外，儿童的自我报告可能是有用的：这两项措施区分儿童符合DSM-IV标准的研究诊断行为障碍。儿童报告还提供了成人没有提供的独特信息。对于研究和临床目的，幼儿的自我报告可以被视为对成人的评级和儿童行为问题的观察措施的有价值的补充。
Past research suggests that young children are incapable of reporting information about their own behavior problems. To test this, we examined the validity and the usefulness of children's self-reports in the E-Risk Study, a nationally representative birth cohort of 2,232 children. We used the Berkeley Puppet Interview to obtain children's self-reports of conduct problems when they were 5-years old and the Dominic-R when they were 7-years old. We also collected information about the children and their families by interviewing mothers, sending questionnaires to teachers, and rating examiners' observations during home visits. Results indicate that when children's self-reports are gathered with structured and developmentally appropriate instruments, they are shown to be valid measures: conduct problems reported by the children themselves were associated with known correlates including individual characteristics (e.g., IQ), related behaviors (e.g., hyperactivity), and family variables (e.g., economic disadvantages). Observed correlations closely matched effect sizes reported in the literature using adults' reports of children's behavioral problems. In addition, children's self-reports can be useful: both measures distinguished children meeting DSM-IV criteria for research diagnoses of conduct disorder. Children's reports also contributed unique information not provided by adults. For research and clinical purposes, young children's self-reports can be viewed as a valuable complement to adults' ratings and observational measures of children's behavior problems.