TY - JOUR
T1 - International comparisons of behavioral and emotional problems in preschool children
T2 - parents' reports from 24 societies
AU - Rescorla, Leslie A.
AU - Achenbach, Thomas M.
AU - Ivanova, Masha Y.
AU - Harder, Valerie S.
AU - Otten, Laura
AU - Bilenberg, Niels
AU - Bjarnadottir, Gudrun
AU - Capron, Christiane
AU - Pauw, Sarah S. W. de
AU - Dias, Pedro
AU - Dobrean, Anca
AU - Döpfner, Manfred
AU - Duyme, Michel
AU - Eapen, Valsamma
AU - Erol, Nese
AU - Esmaeili, Elaheh Mohammad
AU - Ezpeleta, Lourdes
AU - Frigerio, Alessandra
AU - Fung, Daniel S. S.
AU - Gonçalves, Miguel
AU - Gudmundsson, Halldór
AU - Jeng, Suh Fang
AU - Jusiené, Roma
AU - Young, Ah Kim
AU - Kristensen, Solvejg
AU - Liu, Jianghong
AU - Lecannelier, Felipe
AU - Leung, Patrick W. L.
AU - Machado, Bárbara César
AU - Montirosso, Rosario
AU - Kyung, Ja Oh
AU - Ooi, Yoon Phaik
AU - Plück, Julia
AU - Pomalima, Rolando
AU - Pranvera, Jetishi
AU - Schmeck, Klaus
AU - Shahini, Mimoza
AU - Silva, Jaime R.
AU - Simsek, Zeynep
AU - Sourander, Andre
AU - Valverde, José
AU - Ende, Jan van der
AU - van Leeuwen, Karla G.
AU - Wu, Yen Tzu
AU - Yurdusen, Sema
AU - Zubrick, Stephen R.
AU - Verhulst, Frank C.
PY - 2011/5
Y1 - 2011/5
N2 - International comparisons were conducted of preschool children's behavioral and emotional problems as reported on the Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 1 1/2-5 by parents in 24 societies (N = 19,850). Item ratings were aggregated into scores on syndromes; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-oriented scales; a Stress Problems scale; and Internalizing, Externalizing, and Total Problems scales. Effect sizes for scale score differences among the 24 societies ranged from small to medium (3-12%). Although societies differed greatly in language, culture, and other characteristics, Total Problems scores for 18 of the 24 societies were within 7.1 points of the omnicultural mean of 33.3 (on a scale of 0-198). Gender and age differences, as well as gender and age interactions with society, were all very small (effect sizes < 1%). Across all pairs of societies, correlations between mean item ratings averaged. 78, and correlations between internal consistency alphas for the scales averaged. 92, indicating that the rank orders of mean item ratings and internal consistencies of scales were very similar across diverse societies.
AB - International comparisons were conducted of preschool children's behavioral and emotional problems as reported on the Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 1 1/2-5 by parents in 24 societies (N = 19,850). Item ratings were aggregated into scores on syndromes; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-oriented scales; a Stress Problems scale; and Internalizing, Externalizing, and Total Problems scales. Effect sizes for scale score differences among the 24 societies ranged from small to medium (3-12%). Although societies differed greatly in language, culture, and other characteristics, Total Problems scores for 18 of the 24 societies were within 7.1 points of the omnicultural mean of 33.3 (on a scale of 0-198). Gender and age differences, as well as gender and age interactions with society, were all very small (effect sizes < 1%). Across all pairs of societies, correlations between mean item ratings averaged. 78, and correlations between internal consistency alphas for the scales averaged. 92, indicating that the rank orders of mean item ratings and internal consistencies of scales were very similar across diverse societies.
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U2 - 10.1080/15374416.2011.563472
DO - 10.1080/15374416.2011.563472
M3 - Article
C2 - 21534056
AN - SCOPUS:79957527187
SN - 1537-4416
VL - 40
SP - 456
EP - 467
JO - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
JF - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
IS - 3
ER -