Problems Reported by Parents of Romanian Orphans Adopted to British Columbia

1997 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lianne Fisher ◽  
Elinor W. Ames ◽  
Kim Chisholm ◽  
Lynn Savoie
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Child Behavior ◽  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Behaviour Problems ◽  
Eating Problems ◽  
Group Comparison ◽  
Medical Problems ◽  
Comparison Groups

Behaviour problems in Romanian orphans adopted to Canada were examined through parents’ interview reports of specific problems, and children’s scores on the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) (Achenbach, Edelbrock, & Howell, 1987) completed by their parents. Three groups of children were studied. Romanian orphanage (RO) children had spent at least 8 months in a Romanian orphanage. Parents’ reports of RO children’s problems were compared to parent reports from 2 comparison groups: (1) Canadian-born children (CB) who were not adopted and never institutionalised; and (2) children who would have gone to a Romanian orphanage had they not been adopted before 4 months of age (Romanian Comparison: RC). RO children scored higher than CB and RC children for Total problems and Internalizing problems on the CBCL. No significant differences were found for any group comparison on Externalizing problems. CBCL scores were positively correlated with RO children’s total time in orphanage. According to parent interview, RO children had more eating problems, medical problems, and stereotyped behaviour problems than both CB and RC children. These problems were distinctive ones, rarely if ever being reported for CB or RC children. It is suggested that these distinctive RO problems arise out of a normal developmental base, and reflect either continuations of orphanage behaviours, reactions to stimuli different from those experienced in orphanage, or lack of opportunity for development or learning within the orphanage.

The Empirical Versus DSM-Oriented Approach of the Child Behavior Checklist

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne S. de Wolff ◽  
Anton G. C. Vogels ◽  
Sijmen A. Reijneveld
Keyword(s):  
Child Behavior ◽  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Dutch Version ◽  
Parental Educational Level ◽  
Oriented Approach

The DSM-oriented approach of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) is a relatively new classification of problem behavior in children and adolescents. Given the clinical and scientific relevance of the CBCL, this study examines similarities and dissimilarities between the empirical and the DSM-oriented approach of the CBCL. We used data from 7,852 children aged 5 and 6 years, whose parents completed the Dutch version of the CBCL/4–18. Spearman rank order correlations, kappas, and logistical regressions were used to examine the similarities and dissimilarities between empirical and DSM-oriented scales of the CBCL. For Total Problems, Internalizing Problems, and Externalizing Problems, we found a substantial agreement between the two approaches of the CBCL. The DSM-oriented syndromes showed a slight overlap with the empirical syndrome scales. With regard to Total Problems, Internalizing Problems, and Externalizing Problems, the same child and family characteristics were associated with elevated scores in both approaches: sex, ethnicity, parental educational level, family composition, and the physician’s identification of the child’s psychosocial problems. Our study shows that both approaches of the CBCL are meaningfully related, but do not identify exactly the same groups of children as deviant. Future studies should explore the differences between the two approaches by examining the correlates and predictive power of both types of scales.

scholarly journals Behavior Problems in Four-Year-Old Children from a Brazilian Birth Cohort

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suélen Henriques Cruz ◽  
Cesar Augusto Piccinini ◽  
Alicia Matijasevich ◽  
Iná Silva Santos
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Child Behavior ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Health And Development

Abstract This study aimed to investigate the occurrence of behavior problems in 3750 four years old children from a birth cohort. Children were followed from birth to four years old through home visits, and questionnaires on child health and development and the Child Behavior Checklist 4-18/CBCL were applied. Prevalence rates were high (total problems 35.6%), particularly externalizing problems, which occurred in 44.4 % of children (48.3% girls; 40.6% boys; p < 0.001). Internalizing problems were less prevalent, occurring in 15.5 % of children (19.1% boys; 11.6% girls; p < 0.001). Regardless of sex, there was a higher prevalence of behavioral problems in children with younger siblings, whose mothers had less education and had no partner.

scholarly journals Advances on Parental Educational Styles Predictors of Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors in Children

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Jaime Humberto Moreno Méndez ◽  
José Pedro Espada Sánchez ◽  
Inmaculada Gómez Becerra
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Externalizing Behaviors ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing Problems ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing Behaviors ◽  
Externalizing And Internalizing Problems ◽  
Communication Difficulties ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing

The purposes of this study were to perform a psychometric analysis of the Parental Educational Styles Questionnaire and to evaluate its predictive validity on externalizing and internalizing problems in Colombian children. Participants were 680 parents (M= 37.34; SD= 9.2) of children aged between 8 and 12 years enrolled in public schools in Bogota, Colombia. The parental educational styles questionnaire and the child behavior checklist -parents format- were applied to the participants. The resulting model presents the best indicators of favorable fit according to confirmatory factorial analyses. These values show an internal consistence of the instrument. The results indicate that dysfunctional reaction to disobedience, communication difficulties and conflicts predicted internalizing and externalizing problems.

scholarly journals Related Variables of Behavioral and Emotional Problems and Personal Growth of Hospitalized Children’s Siblings: Mothers’ and Other Main Caregivers’ Perspectives

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 004695801878705
Author(s):  
Kazuteru Niinomi ◽  
Minae Fukui
Keyword(s):  
Child Behavior ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Hospitalized Children ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Scale Scores

The psychological well-being of the siblings of hospitalized children is at risk. This study examined the variables related to siblings’ internalizing problems and personal growth during hospitalization from the perspectives of mothers and other main caregivers who temporarily assumed the main caregiver role to the siblings of hospitalized children in place of mothers in the period of children’s hospitalization. A cross-sectional, exploratory survey conducted in Japan examined 113 mothers’ and 90 other main caregivers’ perspectives regarding the psychological state of 2- to 18-year-old siblings of hospitalized children. Mothers and/or other main caregivers of siblings during their brothers’ or sisters’ hospitalization completed the Child Behavior Checklist and the Siblings’ Personal Growth Scale. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed with Child Behavior Checklist internalizing problems and total Siblings’ Personal Growth Scale scores as dependent variables for mothers’ and caregivers’ perspectives. From mothers’ perspectives, environmental factors that change with hospitalization affected siblings. From the perspectives of the other main caregivers, children’s and families’ demographic factors affected siblings’ psychological state. Frequency of e-mail contact between mothers and siblings, explanation of the hospitalized child’s condition, and hospital visitation rules ( F = 5.88, P = .001) explained 12.3% of variance in mothers’ Siblings’ Personal Growth Scale scores. Among other main caregivers, 11.6% of variance in the Child Behavior Checklist scores was explained by hospitalized children’s birth order and main caregiver’s prehospitalization residence ( F = 5.51, P = .006). Results suggest that the perceived variables related to siblings’ psychological changes differ between mothers and other main caregivers.

Temperament and Problem Behaviour during Early Childhood

1999 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Schmitz ◽  
David W. Fulker ◽  
Robert Plomin ◽  
Carolyn Zahn-Waxler ◽  
Robert N. Emde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Child Behavior ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Genetic Factors ◽  
Broad Band ◽  
Behaviour Problems ◽  
Problem Behaviour ◽  
Maternal Reports ◽  
Temperamental Trait ◽  
Total Problem Score

Some evidence exists for the phenotypic association of problem behaviour in early childhood with temperament in infancy, but little is known about the genetic and environmental mechanisms mediating this association. At the ages of 14, 20, 24, and 36 months, mothers of twins completed the Colorado Childhood Temperament Inventory (CCTI; Buss & Plomin, 1984; Rowe & Plomin, 1977). At age 4, problem behaviour was assessed using maternal reports on the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL/4-18; Achenbach, 1991). The temperamental trait of Emotionality at all four prior age points correlated significantly with the CBCL Total Problem Score at 4 years as well as with the broad-band groupings of Internalising the Externalising. In addition, Shyness at all four ages correlated significantly with the broad-band grouping of Internalising. Longitudinal behavioural genetic analyses indicated that these phenotypic predictions from early temperament to later behaviour problems are largely due to genetic factors.

scholarly journals A Twin-Singleton Comparison of Developmental Trajectories of Externalizing and Internalizing Problems in 6- to 12-Year-Old Children

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvana C. C. Robbers ◽  
Meike Bartels ◽  
Floor V. A. van Oort ◽  
C. E. M. (Toos) van Beijsterveldt ◽  
Jan van der Ende ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Adolescence ◽  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Developmental Trajectories ◽  
Population Sample ◽  
Growth Curves ◽  
Externalizing And Internalizing Problems

AbstractResearch on twin-singleton differences in externalizing and internalizing problems in childhood is largely cross-sectional and yields contrasting results. The goal of this study was to compare developmental trajectories of externalizing and internalizing problems in 6- to 12-year-old twins and singletons. Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) maternal reports of externalizing and internalizing problems were obtained for a sample of 9651 twins from the Netherlands Twin Register and for a representative general population sample of 1351 singletons. Latent growth modeling was applied to estimate growth curves for twins and singletons. Twin-singleton differences in the intercepts and slopes of the growth curves were examined. The developmental trajectories of externalizing problems showed a linear decrease over time, and were not significantly different for twins and singletons. Internalizing problems seem to develop similarly for twins and singletons up to age 9. After this age twins' internalizing symptoms start to decrease in comparison to those of singletons, resulting in less internalizing problems than singletons by the age of 12 years. Our findings confirm the generalizability of twin studies to singleton populations with regard to externalizing problems in middle and late childhood. The generalizability of studies on internalizing problems in early adolescence in twin samples should be addressed with care. Twinship may be a protective factor in the development of internalizing problems during early adolescence.

Religiosity and mental health of pre-adolescents with psychiatric problems and their parents: The TRAILS study

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 845-851 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. van der Jagt-Jelsma ◽  
M.R. de Vries-Schot ◽  
Rint de Jong ◽  
C.A. Hartman ◽  
F.C. Verhulst ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Adolescent Religiosity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Psychiatric Problems

AbstractBackground:This study investigated the association between the religiosity of parents and pre-adolescents, and pre-adolescents’ psychiatric problems.Method:In a clinic-referred cohort of 543 pre-adolescents at least once referred to a mental health outpatient clinic mental health problems were assessed using self-reports (Youth Self-Report; YSR), parent reports (Child Behavior Checklist; CBCL), and teacher reports (Teacher's Report Form; TRF) of child behavioral and emotional problems. Paternal, maternal, and pre-adolescent religiosity were assessed by self-report. MANCOVAs were performed for internalizing and externalizing problems as dependent variables, with maternal religiosity, paternal religiosity, pre-adolescent religiosity, parental religious harmony, and gender as independent variables, and socioeconomic status and divorce as covariates.Results:Internalizing problems. Pre-adolescents of actively religious mothers had more internalizing symptoms than pre-adolescents of nonreligious mothers. Harmony and gender did not significantly affect the association between maternal religiosity and internalizing problems. Externalizing problems. No associations between religiosity of pre-adolescents, religiosity of mothers, religiosity of fathers and/or harmony of parents and externalizing problem behavior have been found.Discussion and conclusions:Overall, associations between mental health and religiosity were modest to absent. Results are discussed in the context of a clinic-referred cohort, the quest phase of internalizing religious beliefs and role modeling of parents.

scholarly journals Parental Distress in the Time of COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study on Pediatric Patients with Neuropsychiatric Conditions during Lockdown

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (15) ◽  
pp. 7902
Author(s):  
Gianluca Sesso ◽  
Eleonora Bonaventura ◽  
Bianca Buchignani ◽  
Stefania Della Vecchia ◽  
Caterina Fedi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Parental Stress ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Neuropsychiatric Disorders ◽  
Parental Distress ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Parent Child

The lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic has had adverse psychological effects on children and parents. While parenting is essential for positive development, increased parental distress has interfered with children’s wellbeing. In our study, we aimed to identify the predictors of parental distress in families of children with neuropsychiatric disorders during lockdown. Seventy-seven parents of children with neuropsychiatric disorders were asked to fill three online questionnaires (a socio-demographic questionnaire, the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and Parental-Stress-Index (PSI-4-SF) to explore the relationship between parental distress, emotional/behavioral problems in children and quarantine-related factors through univariate analyses and multiple mediation models. Significant positive associations between CBCL-internalizing-problems and all PSI-4-SF subscales, and between CBCL-externalizing-problems and “Difficult Child” subscales were found. “Parent–Child Dysfunctional Interaction” subscale and teachers–child relationship quality resulted negatively associated, as well as the “Difficult Child” subscale and peers–child relationship quality. The effect of teachers–child relationship quality on “Parent–Child Dysfunctional Interaction” was mediated by children internalizing problems, while the effect of peers–child relationship quality on “Difficult Child” by the child internalizing/externalizing problems. Internalizing problems in children with neuropsychiatric disorders were among the strongest predictors of parental stress during lockdown, mediating the indirect effects of quarantine-related factors, thus suggesting the importance of their detection during and after emergency situations to provide assistance and reduce parenting pressure.

scholarly journals Early childhood internalizing problems, externalizing problems and their co-occurrence and (mal)adaptive functioning in emerging adulthood: a 16-year follow-up study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
İldeniz B. Arslan ◽  
Nicole Lucassen ◽  
Pol A. C. van Lier ◽  
Amaranta D. de Haan ◽  
Peter Prinzie
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Psychological Functioning ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Adaptive Functioning ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing Problems ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing

Abstract Purpose A vast amount of studies suggest that internalizing or externalizing problems are related to individual functioning, and often co-occur. Yet, a focus on their additive and interactive effects is scarce. Furthermore, most research has focused on a limited number of developmental domains and mostly on maladaptive functioning. Therefore, the current prospective study examined whether early childhood (ages 4–8) internalizing and externalizing problems and their interaction were related to a broad range of (mal)adaptive functioning outcomes in emerging adulthood (ages 20–24). Methods Data from the Flemish Study on Parenting, Personality and Development were used. At Time 1 (1999) mothers of 374 children (45% boys) and fathers of 357 children (46% boys) rated internalizing and externalizing problems through the Child Behavior Checklist. Outcomes in emerging adulthood were measured through self-reports 16 years later across the following domains: psychological functioning, social functioning, work, physical health, and self-concept. Results Early externalizing problems were related to maladaptive outcomes on the psychological and social domains. With regard to adaptive functioning, externalizing problems were associated with lower satisfaction regarding general health on the physical domain. Early internalizing problems were not associated with any emerging adulthood outcomes. The interaction of (father reported) internalizing and externalizing problems was related to aggressive behavior. Conclusion Early childhood externalizing problems were associated with maladaptive and adaptive functioning over a time span of 16 years. The results add to studies on the implementation of prevention and intervention programs in early childhood and to the value for developing personalized interventions.

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