TY - JOUR
T1 - Behavioral/emotional problems of preschoolers
T2 - caregiver/teacher reports from 15 societies
AU - Rescorla, Leslie A.
AU - Achenbach, Thomas M.
AU - Ivanova, Masha Y.
AU - Bilenberg, Niels
AU - Bjarnadottir, Gudrun
AU - Denner, Silvia
AU - Dias, Pedro
AU - Dobrean, Anca
AU - Döpfner, Manfred
AU - Frigerio, Alessandra
AU - Gonçalves, Miguel
AU - Gudmundsson, Halldór
AU - Jusiene, Roma
AU - Kristensen, Solvejg
AU - Lecannelier, Felipe
AU - Leung, Patrick W. L.
AU - Liu, Jianghong
AU - Löbel, Sofia P.
AU - Machado, Bárbara César
AU - Markovic, Jasminka
AU - Mas, Paola A.
AU - Esmaeili, Elaheh Mohammad
AU - Montirosso, Rosario
AU - Plück, Julia
AU - Pronaj, Adelina Ahmeti
AU - Rodriguez, Jorge T.
AU - Rojas, Pamela O.
AU - Schmeck, Klaus
AU - Shahini, Mimoza
AU - Silva, Jaime R.
AU - Ende, Jan van der
AU - Verhulst, Frank C.
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - This study tested societal effects on caregiver/teacher ratings of behavioral/emotional problems for 10,521 preschoolers from 15 societies. Many societies had problem scale scores within a relatively narrow range, despite differences in language, culture, and other characteristics. The small age and gender effects were quite similar across societies. The rank orders of mean item ratings were similar across diverse societies. For 7,380 children from 13 societies, ratings were also obtained from a parent. In all 13 societies, mean Total Problems scores derived from parent ratings were significantly higher than mean Total Problems scores derived from caregiver/teacher ratings, although the size of the difference varied somewhat across societies. Mean cross-informant agreement for problem scale scores varied across societies. Societies were very similar with respect to which problem items, on average, received high versus low ratings from parents and caregivers/teachers. Within every society, cross-informant agreement for item ratings varied widely across children. In most respects, results were quite similar across 15 very diverse societies.
AB - This study tested societal effects on caregiver/teacher ratings of behavioral/emotional problems for 10,521 preschoolers from 15 societies. Many societies had problem scale scores within a relatively narrow range, despite differences in language, culture, and other characteristics. The small age and gender effects were quite similar across societies. The rank orders of mean item ratings were similar across diverse societies. For 7,380 children from 13 societies, ratings were also obtained from a parent. In all 13 societies, mean Total Problems scores derived from parent ratings were significantly higher than mean Total Problems scores derived from caregiver/teacher ratings, although the size of the difference varied somewhat across societies. Mean cross-informant agreement for problem scale scores varied across societies. Societies were very similar with respect to which problem items, on average, received high versus low ratings from parents and caregivers/teachers. Within every society, cross-informant agreement for item ratings varied widely across children. In most respects, results were quite similar across 15 very diverse societies.
KW - Cross-cultural
KW - Cross-informant agreement
KW - International
KW - Preschoolers
KW - Teacher-reported problems
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861413272&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1063426611434158
DO - 10.1177/1063426611434158
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84861413272
SN - 1063-4266
VL - 20
SP - 68
EP - 81
JO - Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
JF - Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
IS - 2
ER -