Measuring Problem Behaviors in Young Children
Measuring Problem Behaviors in Young Children
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衡量幼儿的问题行为
DOI:
10.1177/019874290302800202
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发表时间:
2003
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
R. Pianta
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文献类型:
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作者:
Timothy R. Konold;B. Hamre;R. Pianta
Despite difficulties in measuring problem behaviors in toddlers and preschoolers, there is increased interest in the diagnosis and treatment of emotional and behavioral disorders in young children. One of the primary methods for assessing behavior problems involves having parents and other caretakers complete standardized behavior checklists. The Child Behavior Checklist/1½–5 (CBCL/1½–5; Achenbach & Rescorla, 2000) is commonly used to obtain parents’ ratings of the problem behaviors of young children. This study examined whether the items located on the CBCL/1½–5 provide reasonable indicators of the seven first-order behavioral dimensions purportedly measured by this instrument in a national sample of 2-year-old typically developing children. In addition, multigroup methods of confirmatory factor analysis were used to evaluate the invariance of these item loadings across gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Results support the presence of six factors that were reasonably invariant for boys and girls. Ethnic and socioeconomic group comparisons failed to reveal factorial invariance on all dimensions. These results are discussed in light of issues related to assessment, screening, and diagnosis of problem behavior in young children.
影响因子:
8
作者:
Lavigne,JV;Binns,HJ;Christoffel,KK;Rosenbaum,D;Arend,R;Smith,K;Hayford,JR;McGuire,PA
通讯作者:
McGuire,PA