BEHAVIORAL-PROBLEMS AND COMPETENCIES REPORTED BY PARENTS OF NORMAL AND DISTURBED-CHILDREN AGED 4 THROUGH 16
BEHAVIORAL-PROBLEMS AND COMPETENCIES REPORTED BY PARENTS OF NORMAL AND DISTURBED-CHILDREN AGED 4 THROUGH 16
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DOI:
10.2307/1165983
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
9.5
通讯作者:
EDELBROCK, CS
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作者:
ACHENBACH, TM;EDELBROCK, CS
The study provided prevalence data on behavioral problems and competencies, identified differences related to demographic variables and compared clinically referred and demographically similar nonreferred children. Data were obtained with the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), consisting of 20 social competence items and 118 behavior problems. Parents of 1300 referred children completed the CBCL at intake into outpatient mental health services, while parents of 1300 randomly selected nonreferred children completed the CBCL in a home interview survey. Intraclass correlations were in the 0.90 s for interparent agreement, 1 wk test-retest reliability and inter-interviewer reliability. Indices of the reported prevalence of each item are graphically portrayed for children grouped by age, gender and clinical status. Multiple regressions and analyses of covariance showed minimal racial differences but significant tendencies for lower SES (socioeconomic status) children to have higher behavior problems and lower competence scores than upper SES children. There were numerous gender differences on specific items but no significant gender differences in total behavior problem or competence score. Age showed more and larger differences than the other demographic variables but these differences were dwarfed by differences related to referral status. Across all demographic groups, referral status accounted for more variance in total behavior problems and social competence scores than in the scores for any single item. Some behavior problems that have traditionally received little attention were much more strongly associated with referral status than problems that have received much attention. Cutoff points on the distributions of total behavior problem and social competence scores yield good separation between referred and nonreferred samples.