Factor Structure for Child Behavior Checklist Scores of Young Boys in St. Louis

1988 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 279-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard C. Evenson ◽  
Marc T. Frankel ◽  
Elizabeth A. Sirles ◽  
Richard Parsons
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Child Behavior ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Child Guidance ◽  
Socioeconomic Composition

Factor-analysis of Child Behavior Checklist scores of 237 young boys from the Child Guidance Center in St. Louis yielded 7 of the 9 factors reported by Achenbach despite a more diverse ethnic and socioeconomic composition of this sample. Correlations between comparable factor-scales ranged from .86 to .94, except for the schizoid/anxious scales which correlated only .38.

Symptom differentiation of anxiety and depression across youth development and clinic-referred/nonreferred samples: An examination of competing factor structures of the Child Behavior Checklist DSM-oriented scales

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (4pt1) ◽  
pp. 1005-1015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maggi Price ◽  
Charmaine Higa-McMillan ◽  
Chad Ebesutani ◽  
Kelsie Okamura ◽  
Brad J. Nakamura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Behavior ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Depressive Symptomology ◽  
Model Research ◽  
Competing Models

AbstractThis study examined the psychometric properties of the DSM-oriented scales of the Child Behavior Checklist (Achenbach, Dumenci, & Rescorla, 2003) using confirmatory factor analysis to compare the six-factor structure of the DSM-oriented scales to competing models consistent with developmental theories of symptom differentiation. We tested these models on both clinic-referred (N = 757) and school-based, nonreferred (N = 713) samples of youths in order to assess the generalizability of the factorial structures. Although previous research has supported the fit of the six-factor DSM-oriented structure in a normative sample of youths ages 7 to 18 (Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001), tripartite model research indicates that anxiety and depressive symptomology are less differentiated among children compared to adolescents (Jacques & Mash, 2004). We thus examined the relative fit of a six- and a five-factor model (collapsing anxiety and depression) with younger (ages 7–10) and older (ages 11–18) youth subsamples. The results revealed that the six-factor model fit the best in all samples except among younger nonclinical children. The results extended the generalizability of the rationally derived six-factor structure of the DSM-oriented scales to clinic-referred youths and provided further support to the notion that younger children in nonclinical samples exhibit less differentiated symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Construct validity of the Child Behavior Checklist: Effects of item overlap on second-order factor structure.

1992 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregg M. Macmann ◽  
David W. Barnett ◽  
Steffani A. Burd ◽  
Trina Jones ◽  
Paul A. LeBuffe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Child Behavior ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Order Factor

The Factor Structure of Child Behavior Checklist Scores With Elementary School Students Referred to Counseling Within Low-Income Communities

2019 ◽  
pp. 153450841989509
Author(s):  
Saundra M. Tabet ◽  
Mary K. Perleoni ◽  
Dalena Dillman Taylor ◽  
Viki P. Kelchner ◽  
Glenn W. Lambie
Keyword(s):  
Child Behavior ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
School Students ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
American Children ◽  
Parsimonious Model

The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) is one of the most frequently used assessments of social, emotional, and behavioral functioning; however, previous research has noted inconsistency in the factor structure and items included on the Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 6 to 18 Years (CBCL/6-18) when tested with diverse samples of client populations. Thus, the purpose of our investigation was to examine the factor structure of CBCL/6-18 scores ( N = 459) with diverse American children referred to receive school-based mental health counseling enrolled in five Title I elementary schools in the Southeastern United States. We performed confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and principal component analysis (PCA) on CBCL/6-18 scores to examine the factor structure and internal consistency reliability of the data. Results demonstrated an inadequate fit for model and further data analyses resulted in a three-factor, 32-item model (41.40% of the variance explained). Implications of the findings support a new conceptual framework of the CBCL/6-18 to provide a more parsimonious model when working with diverse populations, specifically children from low-income families.

Reexamining the Parenting Scale

2007 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Prinzie ◽  
Patrick Onghena ◽  
Walter Hellinckx
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Good Evidence ◽  
Stress Index ◽  
Reliability Factor ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Parenting Scale

The reliability, factor structure, and concurrent validity of the Parenting Scale ( Arnold, O'Leary, Wolff, & Acker, 1993 ), a 30-item instrument originally developed to assess the discipline practices of parents of preschool children, was examined for parents of elementary school-aged children. Participants were 596 mothers and 559 fathers of a proportionally stratified sample of nonclinical elementary school-aged children. A confirmatory factor analysis could not replicate the three factors found by Arnold et al. (1993) . An exploratory factor analysis, using data of the mother sample, revealed two interpretable factors corresponding with the overreactivity and laxness factors identified in previous studies of the parenting scale. The first factor contains 11 and the second factor 9 items. Confirmatory factor analyses, using 3-year follow-up data from the mother and the father sample separately, replicated this factor structure. The internal consistency and test-retest stability were acceptable to good. Evidence was found for the assumption that inadequate parenting is positively related to problem behavior measured by the Child Behavior Checklist ( Achenbach, 1991 ) and stress in parenting measured by the NOSI, a Dutch revision of the Parenting Stress Index ( Abidin, 1983 ).

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