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Empirically based assessment of the behavioral/emotional problems of 2- and 3- year-old children

Empirically based assessment of the behavioral/emotional problems of 2- and 3- year-old children The aim was to determine whether ratings of 2- and 3-year-olds could yield more differentiation among their behavioral/emotional problems than the internalizing-externalizing dichotomy found in previous studies. The 99-item Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 2–3 (CBCL/2–3) was designed to extend previously developed empirically based assessment procedures to 2-and 3-year-olds. Factor analyses of the CBCL/2–3 completed by parents of 398 2- and 3-year-olds yielded six syndromes having at least eight items loading ≥ 30 and designated as Social Withdrawal, Depressed, Sleep Problems, Somatic Problems, Aggressive, and Destructive. Second-order analyses showed that the first two were related to a broad-band internalizing grouping, whereas the last two were related to a broad-band externalizing grouping. Scales for the six syndromes, two broad-band groupings, and total problem score were constructed from scores obtained by 273 children in a general population sample. Mean test-retest reliability r was 87, 1-year stability r was 69, 1-year predictive r with CBCL/4–16 scales at age 4 was 63, 2-year predictive r was 55, and 3-year predictive r was 49. Children referred for mental health services scored significantly higher than nonreferred children on all scales. A lack of significant r's with the Minnesota Child Development Inventory, Bayley, and McCarthy indicate that the CBCL/2–3 taps behavioral/emotional problems independently of the developmental variance tapped by these measures. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology Springer Journals

Empirically based assessment of the behavioral/emotional problems of 2- and 3- year-old children

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Psychology; Child and School Psychology; Neurosciences; Public Health
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0091-0627
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10.1007/BF00917246
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The aim was to determine whether ratings of 2- and 3-year-olds could yield more differentiation among their behavioral/emotional problems than the internalizing-externalizing dichotomy found in previous studies. The 99-item Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 2–3 (CBCL/2–3) was designed to extend previously developed empirically based assessment procedures to 2-and 3-year-olds. Factor analyses of the CBCL/2–3 completed by parents of 398 2- and 3-year-olds yielded six syndromes having at least eight items loading ≥ 30 and designated as Social Withdrawal, Depressed, Sleep Problems, Somatic Problems, Aggressive, and Destructive. Second-order analyses showed that the first two were related to a broad-band internalizing grouping, whereas the last two were related to a broad-band externalizing grouping. Scales for the six syndromes, two broad-band groupings, and total problem score were constructed from scores obtained by 273 children in a general population sample. Mean test-retest reliability r was 87, 1-year stability r was 69, 1-year predictive r with CBCL/4–16 scales at age 4 was 63, 2-year predictive r was 55, and 3-year predictive r was 49. Children referred for mental health services scored significantly higher than nonreferred children on all scales. A lack of significant r's with the Minnesota Child Development Inventory, Bayley, and McCarthy indicate that the CBCL/2–3 taps behavioral/emotional problems independently of the developmental variance tapped by these measures.

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Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology – Springer Journals

Published: Dec 16, 2004

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